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Planner appetite for fixed income soar

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2009
CPI-linked bonds are hot on planners' watchlists - but many are still at a loss on how they can best access fixed income investments, according to FIIG Securities. Stephen Hart, head of planner services at FIIG Securities, said while planners are looking ...

Clock ticking for UK defined benefit schemes

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2009
Research has found half the UK companies with defined benefit pension schemes expect to close them to all employees in the next three years, forcing employees to rely on defined contribution schemes instead. Watson Wyatt research found more than one ...

Recession over! Sigh!

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2009
"The recovery has started." This is the world according to IMF chief economist Olivier Blanchard. Or read another way, the global recession is over. My immediate reaction on reading this was a deep sigh. No, not a sigh of relief. But a sigh of disappointment. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2009
The Australian share market has received generally positive leads from overnight trading, with all three key Wall Street indices finishing higher, along with oil and gold. At 0734 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index ...

Planner remuneration disclosure isn't working: ASIC

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2009
The campaign to fix perceptions of adviser conflicts of interest has escalated into total war following ASIC's 184 page submission to the Ripoll Inquiry that asks the government to consider whether any form of remuneration from product manufacturers ...

Active members can cause asset allocation headache

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2009
Financial literacy and a push for more Australians to be engaged with superannuation will have a profound effect on super fund asset allocations, said one industry body. Speaking at an Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) event, David ...

Mammoth super data creates operational risk

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2009
Super funds may need to reassess their technology budgets after research found swelling data volumes is putting storage systems under too much pressure. Symantec research found Australian companies are struggling to keep up with rising data volumes ...

Fear not a rate rise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2009
Uh, oh! Wall Street wobbled again at the end of last week. But nothing has changed really. Data releases remained mixed - characteristic of an economy that is at an inflection point. Over the past week, the Dow was down 0.5 per cent, the S&P 500 fell ...

Investors want more Centrelink

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2009
Investment growth may be important - but top of mind for many investors now is the fear that their age pension may be slashed by Centrelink, said Suncorp Financial Planning. David Carter, executive general manager of advice solutions at Suncorp, said ...

ADB pours $240m to worst hit nations

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2009
Armenia, Georgia and Tajikistan may still be foreign territories for international fund managers - but a large Asian bank has pumped $240 million into the countries in a move that will help them and subsequently their neighbours, boost their investment ...