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Steady funds thrive in low growth world

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2015
A portfolio of high quality companies that can grow steadily -"not spectacularly"- over the long term is the right strategy to face the challenges of a low growth environment, Morgan Stanley senior portfolio manager Bruno Paulson said. He described ...

Challenger annuity sales grow 12 per cent

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2015
Challenger Life has recorded a 12% increase in annuity sales during the first quarter of the 2016 financial year when compared to the same period last year. Annuity sales in the three months to 30 September 2015 totaled $884 million, with retail sales ...

FEATURE: Investing in a world on hold

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2015
The US Federal Reserve's decision to postpone the rate rise is keeping the world on hold. With volatility set to increase ahead of the rate hike, Laura Millan looks at the global investment opportunities. Just when everyone thought it would happen ...

Lift-off off

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2015
"Recent global economic and financial developments may restrain economic activity somewhat and are likely to put further downward pressure on inflation in the near term." These were the words in the US Federal Reserve's monetary policy statement of ...

New website gives advisers company ESG ratings

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2015
CAER has launched a new website that allows financial advisers to view the researcher's environmental, social land governance ratings for more than 300 Australian and New Zealand companies at the click of a button. Coinciding with Ethical Investment ...

VFMC appoints acting chief executive

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2015
Victorian Funds Management Corporation (VFMC) has appointed its chief investment officer as acting chief executive while the search for a new leader continues. VFMC announced yesterday that chief executive Warren Lee has departed the corporation and ...

WBC rate lift pressures RBA rate cut

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2015
Who can you bank on, who can you trust? Westpac, you can bank on us! I haven't landed in this great land yet when this catchy jingle from Westpac's ad was playing on Australian TV back in 1989. Thanks to tech magic, I can play, rewind and replay it ...

Big trouble in big China

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2015
Here we go again folks, the China is kaput story is back in the headlines again. What went up last week - some through to yesterday - are back down again all because, they say, financial markets didn't like what they saw in the China's trade data where ...

UBS releases mFund basket

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2015
UBS Asset Management has added a suite of funds to the ASX's mFund settlement service. Eleven UBS funds are now available through mFund. These are: the UBS Australian Small Companies Fund, UBS Microcap Fund, UBS HALO Australian Share Fund, UBS Australian ...

BNP Paribas launches APAC philanthropy program

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2015
BNP Paribas has launched a philanthropy program that will help young people in 26 countries, including seven projects in the Asia Pacific region. Dream Up will encourage 30,000 young people to practice an art form which can improve their self-confidence. ...