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Further monetary stimulus risks woeful asset returns

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2016
Central banks are running out of road. If governments ask them to continue down the path of previously unthinkable monetary policy without implementing fiscal policies of their own, there are likely to be severe unintended consequences for the global ...

Super fund disclosure gets extension

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2016
Superannuation funds have been given an extra year to bring themselves up to speed with proposed portfolio holdings disclosure and choice product dashboard requirements. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) said the new start ...

Equip's new provision for domestic violence

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2016
Equipsuper has announced an addition to its employee support program that will see an extra five days' fully paid leave for staff affected by domestic violence. The special leave will support any employees who, as a result of domestic violence, are ...

Australians letting their retirement down: report

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2016
... how to fund their retirement. About 40% per cent of Australians have never topped up their super and just one in 10 pay extra into their super each pay. However, a quarter would consider topping up their super if they understood the benefits (24%) or ...

ISA calls out pre-Budget arguments on contribution caps

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2016
... on the LISC to keep their super savings moving upward. With their income taxed at 19% or less and little capacity to make extra contributions, they effectively receive little or no tax concession on super contributions," Whiteley said. ISA's analysis ...

SMSF Association implores Govt not to reduce contribution caps

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2016
... developed jointly with Rice Warner and BGL Corporate Solutions, the SMSF Association highlights the prevalence of workers making extra payments later in their working lives "when they are financially able to do so," which would be hindered by any regulatory ...

BlackRock's Fink issues stark warning for global economy

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2016
Shifting energy costs, the waning Chinese construction boom, extraordinary monetary policy and the rise of automation mean the global economy is now more fragile than at any point since the financial crisis, according to the head of the world's largest ...

Norwegian pension fund drops 52 coal companies

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2016
Norges Bank has announced that 52 coal companies, including two Australian ones, will be excluded from the roughly $1 trillion Government Pension Fund Global. The exclusions came after the introduction in February of a new "product-based coal criterion" ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2016
... (down 8.4%); Adelaide (down 1.0%); and Brisbane (down 0.7%). Core Logic RP Data attributed the easing in rental rates to "extra accommodation supply" and "a variety of influences such as falling real wages, excess rental supply in certain areas and lower ...

Australia, a tough nut to crack

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2016
Australia's brutally competitive investment market is much harder for overseas investment managers to crack than many realise, notes a leading US investment management consultant. Cerulli Associates has just released a client briefing about the Australian ...