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SMSF

Class amends IPO after AMP acquisitions

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2015
Class, the self-managed superannuation fund administrative software provider, has lost about 10,500 billable SMSF portfolios from its customer base following two acquisitions announced by AMP.

Pick a number

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2015
Australia, after all, is one of the few economies where monetary policy has not been corrupted by "non-conventional" policies to date... so the 'Taylor Rule' should still work.

SMSFs and infrastructure a good investment

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2015
The SMSF Association has renewed calls for the federal government to open up infrastructure investment to self-managed superannuation funds.

Rusting still

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2015
The direction of iron ore prices is largely tied to outlook for China's economy - the world's largest consumer of the commodity.

Six point five is PM Li's new like

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2015
"The nation needs annual growth of at least 6.53 per cent in the next five years to meet the government's goal of establishing a "moderately prosperous society".

December lift-off, yeah, sure

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2015
For those of us watching the data, the data says no to December... unless things dramatically turn around, that is.

Not this year

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2015
While financial markets have stabilised, last week's policy surprise announcements from the ECB and the PBOC - a potential BOJ surprise this coming Friday would no longer be surprise - provide a just-in-time reminder that all's not well in the world ...

Hotel California

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 OCT 2015
A dovish statement from the Fed could weaken the US dollar - i.e. strengthen the euro and the yen and other currencies - necessitating even more stimulus from other central banks and then we go round and round "like a circle in a spiral, like a wheel ...

BT Panorama aiming at advisers and SMSFs

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2015
BT Financial Group's Panorama wealth operating system has reached a tipping point where the infrastructure is built and over the next year several releases will come to market.

Sunrise, sunset

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2015
Economic activity had been deteriorating - increasing the risk of another recession -- that it has raised expectations that the BOJ provide more accommodation, perhaps, as soon as its next Board meeting on 30 October.