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Retiree 4pct drawdown limits too high

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2014
... "increasing the risk of ruin". Focus on the drawdown rate intensified following the onset of the GFC in 2008-09 when retiree interest groups successful lobbied the government to lower the drawdown rates to prevent retiree accounts running out much quicker ...

Maybe slowing, definitely distorted, more likely rebalancing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2014
Ayy-yay-yay-yay-yay! Here we go again. Weak economic reports out of China have again put a question mark about its economy and by extension, the economy of the world. Oh sowee Virginia, I stand corrected... it wasn't a question mark, China's headed ...

Zenith approves six new 'unconstrained' bond funds

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2014
Six fixed interest funds have received ratings in Zenith's new 'Unconstrained' category. Three funds received Zenith's 'recommended' rating: GAM Absolute Return Fund, Goldman Sachs Global Strategic Bond Fund and JP Morgan Strategic Bond Fund. The remaining ...

Investors get conditional agreement against Great Southern

ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2014
Litigation funder Bentham IMF has reached a conditional settlement against the collapsed agricultural investment scheme Great Southern. According to a release on the ASX, the terms of the settlement remain confidential to the parties and are to be the ...

Allan Gray Aussie fund listed on six platforms

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2014
... inception, net of all fees compared to the benchmark, which is the RBA cash rate return of 3.5%. "We have seen growing interest in our contrarian approach as it challenges people to think again about what really drives investment performance," Allan ...

No guarantee

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2014
... just watched as Shanghai Chaori Solar Energy Science & Technology defaulted on paying 89.8 mil yuan (US$14.7 mil) in interest due at the end of last week. The negative spin could not be anymore negative than Bank of America-Merrill Lynch strategist David ...

GSAM global bond fund receives Zenith rating

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2014
... which it may build a successful track record. "In Zenith's opinion, the composition and configuration of GSAM's fixed interest team is conducive to the effective management of an unconstrained strategy. Its structure promotes the continuous flow of information ...

Advice industry under-prepared for younger client base

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2014
The professional advice industry is facing a seismic demographic shift that it is ill-prepared for, according to the chief executive of Pershing Advisor Solutions, Mark Tibergien. "The industry is fundamentally built on baby boomers but there is a demographic ...

EQT Global Equity Fund on BT Wrap and Asgard

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2014
... national sales manager David Myers said that over the past 12 months there has been a clear increase in the level of interest in global equities from advisers and their clients. "Advisers we have spoken with have told us they are seeking to position ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2014
... ECB raised its forecast to 1.2 per cent while trimming the inflation outlook to 1.0 per cent. The ECB also kept its key interest rates unchanged for the fourth month in a row at 0.25 per cent. Likewise, the Bank of England voted to keep its main interest ...