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NIRP before lift-off?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2015
... know now immediately after the 16-17 September meet: "Most participants continued to anticipate that, based on their assessment of current economic conditions and their outlook for economic activity, the labor market, and inflation, the conditions for ...

Myonlineadvisers teams up with US robo firm

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2015
... differentiator is the inclusion of basic financial planning questions on top of the standard online risk tolerance assessment. Both sources of information are collated and drawn upon in determining the optimal portfolio for the investor. These portfolios ...

Holding pattern

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2015
... information on economic and financial conditions to be received over the period ahead will inform the Board's ongoing assessment of the outlook and hence whether the current stance of policy will most effectively foster sustainable growth and inflation ...

Nikko downgrades equities stance

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2015
... timing of the US Federal Reserve's credit tightening to October from September. The manager was more positive in its assessment of the Australian equity market. "We calculated that global equity valuations are at reasonably fair levels and that stocks ...

Seniors weigh in on national tax discussion

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2015
... to adjust the current superannuation system to ensure it remains sustainable and equitable." In its latest economic assessment of Australia, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said any changes to Australia's tax and superannuation system would need ...

Super trustees get a handle on retirement income

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2015
... condenses one's objectives for a retirement product or strategy into a manageable number "which makes the next step of assessment workable." "These objectives cover the wide range of preferences or priorities that retirees may have for their retirement ...

Aussie pension policy needs careful adjustment: IMF

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2015
... benefits higher-income earners and "undermines the progressivity of the income tax system." The IMF's latest economic assessment of Australia says low income earners lose out where subsidies are insufficient to offset the effectively higher average tax ...

CBA's advice review compensates 19 clients

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2015
... that the bank had 8,835 cases registered to the program as of 31 August 2015. Of these cases, 1,285 have progressed to Assessment Stage or beyond and 686 have been issued an assessment outcome. The bank ruled that in 623 cases (91% of the total assessment ...

S&P warns banks on cyber risk

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2015
... capital." It added that if attacks on banks were significantly widespread, S&P might consider "a worsening industry risk assessment in our banking industry country risk assessments." To better prepare for this growing concern, S&P suggested multiple ...

SLI introduces international real estate risk tool

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2015
Institutional investors have now been provided with an assessment and comparison tool for real estate risk ratings of 60 countries. International asset manager Standard Life Investments (SLI) has developed the Global Real Estate Implementation Risk ...