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Christmas in September

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2016
Ho, ho, ho. Merry Christmas everybody, merry Christmas! The Bank of Japan (BOJ) and the US Federal Reserve (Fed) played jolly old saint Nicolas, decking the financial market halls with boughs of holly (fa la la...) on the 21st of September. Santa Kuroda ...

SMSF investors not all in property

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2016
A new industry survey has found about 84% of investors hold their properties outside a self-managed superannuation fund, and more than 70% remain bullish about residential real estate. The Property Investor Sentiment Survey, prepared by the Property ...

$1.6 million cap will not derail retirement

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2016
Analysis from actuarial consultants Milliman shows there are good signs the proposed $1.6 million superannuation tax-free threshold in retirement will deliver a comfortable lifestyle within average life expectancy. The analysis suggests there is a 94% ...

Top pension funds slide for first time since GFC

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 6 SEP 2016
Total assets of the 300 largest pension funds worldwide fell for the first time since the beginning of the global financial crisis, according to Willis Towers Watson research. The P&I/Willis Towers Watson global 300 report shows that in 2015, total ...

GBST closes international Composer deal

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 5 SEP 2016
Financial technology provider GBST has secured a five-year contract to support an international client via its GBST Composer platform. The partnership will see GBST assisting an unnamed South African-owned retail investment business in boosting its ...

How super investment option fees vary

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2016
Superannuation members who have selected an investment option other than their fund's balanced option may be paying more in fees than they realise, according to research by Rainmaker. The researcher said investment management fees generally account ...

Internal restructuring hits EQT profits

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2016
Internal restructuring and exiting from non-core activities has dragged Equity Trustees' profits in FY16, even if the company managed to boost its funds under management by 16% to $65 billion. Net profit after tax fell 21.6% to $13.3 million and revenue ...

AUI reports 11.7% profit slide

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2016
Australian United Investments has reported an 11.7% decrease in net profit in FY16 to $42.2 million. Revenue was also down on the previous financial year, falling 10.4% to $48.4 million. The company has declared a final dividend of 18.5c per share ...

Future Fund ahead of target on tenth birthday

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2016
The Future Fund has celebrated its tenth anniversary by passing a significant funds under management milestone after achieving ahead of target performance numbers. At 30 June the flagship Future Fund reached $122.8 billion in funds under management ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2016
Australia private sector credit Total private sector credit increased by 0.4% in July - in line with market expectations - following a 0.2% gain in the previous month. Credit to housing and to business went up by 0.5% and 0.3%, respectively while personal ...