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Super returns bonanza fizzles out

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2014
Super funds have seen the lowest rates of return for almost two years, according to figures released by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA). In the March quarter, super funds with more than $50 million in funds under management saw ...

FEATURE: Rethinking fixed income

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2014
... of the global financial crisis. However, with US unemployment nearing the 6% target set by former Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke, the need to position portfolios for the rise has recently become more urgent. The impact of rising rates was highlighted ...

Global healing?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2014
Yes, no, maybe... I don't know. It's another happy day for the stock markets, hoisted up by the news du jour of positive indications from the latest PMI survey readings. Yes. The Markit Economics index of US manufacturing rose to a flash reading of ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2014
The Australian share market is set to open higher after Wall Street posted modest gains overnight. The March share price index futures contract is 11 points higher at 5,499. In local economic news on Friday, the Housing Industry Assocation releases ...

Bennelong CEO Jarrod Brown steps down

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2014
The chief executive of Bennelong Funds Management (BFM) Jarrod Brown is to step down from the business effective tomorrow. In statement the fund manager said that the search for a replacement chief executive was "well advanced." In the interim, BFM ...

T. Rowe Price partners with BT and Mosaic

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2014
T. Rowe Price has partnered with Mosaic and, separately, with BT Financial Group to develop two global fixed income products. The Specialist Income Fund was developed with Mosaic for Shadforth Financial Group and its aligned advisers' client base, while ...

FSC serves boutique with 'surprise' exit fee

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2014
The Financial Services Council (FSC) has gone to the courts to force UCA Funds Management (UCA) to pay an $8,000 'resignation fee', a charge the fund claims it knew nothing about. UCA chief executive Michael Walsh told Financial Standard that when in ...

Easy CBs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2014
Ho-hum. Two minutes and a policy announcement and what have we got? More of the same - the same pledge, promise, commitment, indication that the world's biggest lenders of last resort would keep lending... at cheap as chips rates. Wall Street's happy.A ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2014
The Australian share market is set for a positive start to trade, after Wall Street lifted when the US Federal Reserve confirmed no change to its interest rate plans. At 0700 AEST on Thursday, the March share price index futures contract was up 23 points ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2014
The Australian share market has opened lower as further falls in iron ore prices hit the mining sector. At 1015 AEST on Wednesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 28.7 points, or 0.53 per cent, at 5,394.2, while the broader All Ordinaries index ...