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Lifeplan increases investment bond options

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2016
... website, the launch of a new portal for investors, and the expansion of its adviser support team over the last 12 months. "We will continue to keep investing in our offering to ensure we deliver market leading investment bond products and services in ...

Eurozone splintering is biggest risk in Brexit fallout

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2016
... in the Netherlands and France. "Spain has presidential elections this weekend, while Germany, the Netherlands and France will elect their leaders in 2017. Will Angela Merkel, the glue that has held Europe together for the past decade, retain her position ...

Global bond funds underinvested in EMD

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2016
... "From a US perspective, the US Federal Reserve is in a quandary. If it raises interest rates, it risks global leverage which will come back to hit the US economy, forcing the Fed to reverse course. If it maintains or magnifies monetary forbearance, savings ...

New ETFs launched to cater for BOJ stimulus

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2016
... companies that increase workers' wages and capital expenditure. The BOJ is restricted to holding 50% of any ETFs, so other buyers will be required to fill the remainder. Brokers say regional banks and pension funds will be the biggest private sector ...

Funds under management to hit $8tr by 2035: research

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2016
Competition will intensify among the country's largest fund managers as research forecast the size of the wealth management market to reach $8 trillion by 2035, at a bare minimum. In the latest Rainmaker Roundup report on funds under management (FUM) ...

Vanguard notches fourth successive year of record inflows

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2016
... index fund. (I suggest Vanguard's,)" Buffett said at the time. "I believe the trust's long-term results from this policy will be superior to those attained by most investors - whether pension funds, institutions or individuals - who employ high-fee m ...

PROFILE: SuperBPO chief executive Michael Houlihan

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2015
... believes, has made super administration easier than it ever was. As with most major changes to established systems, there will be hiccups. Houlihan says the most recent transition to SuperStream is one example but the end result will be beneficial industry-wide. ...

China trade deal must not be delayed: FSC

ANDREW BRAGG, DIRECTOR OF POLICY, FINANCIAL SERVICES COUNCIL  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2015
... and most of Europe in signing an agreement with China. Make no mistake, the China Australia Free Trade Agreement (CHAFTA) will lead to new jobs, tax collection and economic growth. In the shrill and misleading debate of recent weeks on free trade, we ...

RBNZ tries to turn the turn in NZ economy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2015
... time, this was not to be the last. The RBNZ said so in its 24 July 2014 statement. "The speed and extent to which the OCR will need to rise will depend on the assessment of the impact of the tightening in monetary policy to date, and the implications ...

ANALYSIS: The dragon in the room

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2015
... Investments in different sectors of the Chinese economy mirror this phenomenon, which is why Zhu thinks that the economy will likely remain heavily dependent on investment-led growth in the next decade. The inclusion of China mainland shares into global ...