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Fund managers expect clients to turn aggressive

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2014
... expect the world's largest economies to experience mild growth, with the exception of the Eurozone where they expect unemployment to remain in the low double digits in the short-term and at a relatively high 9.5% in the medium-term. The survey also highlighted ...

G-20 goes for growth

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2014
... before the pledge by guiding forward expectations that they won't be lifting interest rates soon (even after the unemployment rate thresholds they've set are set to be crossed soon). So has the Bank of Japan which, only last week, expanded its lending ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2014
... trade before heading north for the rest of the session, despite economic reports that came in weaker than expected. Unemployment claims fell last week but not as much as anticipated. The Philadelphia Federal Reserve's manufacturing index for the mid-Atlantic ...

(Back) wages

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2014
... when you factor in inflation of 2.7%. Backwages? Oh yes sir, we knew. Job cuts announcements, company closures, the unemployment rate on an uptrend how could we miss it? It's the classic classical economists' credo known as 'Say's Law' (popularised by ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2014
... pointing to mid-2014. LONDON - European stocks markets remained largely flat as investors digested a rise in British unemployment and downbeat housing data from the winter-struck US. In London, the benchmark FTSE 100 index ended virtually unchanged at ...

It must have been love

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2014
... Besides, Cupid Janet Yellen has taken her vow that interest rates wouldn't be rising anytime soon - not even if the unemployment rate crosses the threshold (6.5%) she dutifully signed on as vice Fed chief 14 months before. This appeared to have stirred ...

Blame it on the boogie

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2014
... is blue. Yesterday we got our own disappointing indicator when our National Statistician revealed that Australia's unemployment rate rose to 6.0% in January (5.9% expected) from 5.8% in the previous month -- the highest level since 6.1% in July 2003. ...

Confusing versus credible

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2014
... broader economic outlook would justify such an increase". You and I know what she's talking about - it's about the 6.5% unemployment rate "threshold" the Fed's Board of Governors set back in December 2012. That no longer applies. It's not a trigger. ...

You say threshold, I say trigger

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2014
... is far from complete" and that the Fed "would be looking at a broad range of data on the labor market, including unemployment, job creation and many other indicators of labor market performance." She may be keeping policy steady as she goes, but Fed ...

A third of Australians expect major shortfall in retirement

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2014
... lifestyles in retirement. Nearly 70% of respondents failed to consider major financial setbacks such as a major illness or unemployment in their retirement plans, with only 8.5% having a well-considered plan for major setbacks. Women are the biggest ...

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Renato Mota takes on new board position

ELIZA BAVIN
Renato Mota has joined the board of a $14 billion super fund along with another financial services stalwart.

Aegon AM gears up to take on local bond managers

MICHELLE BALTAZAR
Aegon Asset Management is close to launching its first Australian fund, months after the US$446 billion manager unveiled plans to enter the tightly contested local bond market.

MLC slips global shares into neutral, hits gas on alternatives

RIDDHIMA TALWANI
MLC has pulled its global and emerging-market equity positions back to neutral, while continuing to deploy capital into alternatives.

North Americans bargain hunt Down Under: Report

KARREN VERGARA
North Americans' merger and acquisition (M&A) appetite for Australian companies will only intensify in 2027 as they chase undervalued assets, according to a new report.

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