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MLC portfolios receive Highly Recommended rating

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 OCT 2016
The MLC Inflation Plus portfolios recently received its highest rating, a Highly Recommended from research house Zenith Investment Partners. MLC chief investment officer, Jonathan Armitage, said: "We're extremely proud to have been recognised by Zenith ...

Oil's rally could slip

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2016
... production cut when prices went from around US$35 a barrel to more than US$82/barrel a year later before reaching US$100-plus in 2011. But back then, OPEC cut a lot more - a total of 4.2 mpd. This compares with the mere 0.4 - 0.9 mpd output reduction ...

Reduced contribution cap hurts women, self-employed workers: SMSFA

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2016
... they are in the workforce they are engaged with their superannuation, and this particularly applies when they are in the 60-plus age group."

AIST wants higher concessional cap for older workers

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2016
... said. The industry representative group wants the government to consider transitional arrangements for older workers aged 50 plus. It said this could involve the $35,000 concessional cap reducing in increments as more individuals reach retirement, having ...

Mercer appoints commercialisation director

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2016
... Mercer client growth leader Mette Schepers and focus on distribution for Mercer's retirement income product, Mercer Lifetime Plus. In a recent Financial Standard interview, Mercer senior partner David Knox described how when the Lifetime Plus product ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2016
... 22 in the previous month with British consumers' expectations of their personal finances for the next 12 months rising to plus 7 from plus 4 in August and the major purchase index increasing to a reading of plus 9 from plus 7. Japan household spending ...

Federal Court approves OneVue merger arrangement

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 27 SEP 2016
... they can choose to receive either 1.2375 OneVue shares for each Diversa share or 1.073 OneVue shares for each Diversa share, plus 10 cents for each Diversa share. When the merger was first announced, OneVue managing director Connie Mckeage said: "OneVue ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2016
... indicating the "pace of economic activity relative to trend" three- to six-months ahead - improved from minus 0.01% in July to plus 0.20% in August. This, according to Westpac chief economist Bill Evans, is "consistent with a trend that has been building ...

Global SMAs get Lonsec approval

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2016
... to have two global SMAs rated by an Australian research house. Arnhem Investment Management's recently launched Australia Plus and Global Growth SMA strategies have received an 'Investment Grade SMA' rating from Lonsec Research. With global equity SMAs ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2016
... (RBA) 25bps cut in the official cash rate to 1.50% in August helped lift the NAB business confidence indext from a reading of plus 4 in July to plus 6 last month - consistent with its long-term average. NAB also pointed out that while business conditions ...