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Market wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2014
The Australian market looks set to open lower after Wall Street ended a three day winning streak. At 0649 AEST on Friday, the September share price index futures contract was down three points at 5,606. US stocks fell modestly, dragged down by rising ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2014
Australian stocks are headed for a weaker finish, with investors unwilling to maintain the recent run of rising prices amid a range of headwinds. Worries about Europe's poorly performing economies and whether or not central bank stimulus will be announced ...

Hold fire: Emerging market debt set for correction

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2014
Investors considering allocating to emerging market debt should hold fire for the time being because the end of stimulus measures in the US will bring a more attractive risk-reward trade-off. That is the view of HSBC Global Asset Management head of ...

Infrastructure valuations at all-time highs

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2014
Prices for global infrastructure assets traded so far this year are at the highest level on record, according to the latest analysis by alternatives research house Preqin. More than one-third of transactions completed in the year to date were valued ...

Sunrise, sunset

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2014
What do you do when you reach a peak? You take a breather, enjoy the view and smile (or LOL) at all the naysayers who bet, 'nay, you'll never make it'. That's exactly what Wall Street did overnight. The S&P 500 index hardly budged - up 0.01% -- to close ...

Annuities not right for default pensions: Rice Warner

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2014
Life annuities are not appropriate for default pension products as they lock members' money away, according to Rice Warner chief executive Michael Rice. Rice Warner has devised a default pension product based solely on an account-based pension model. ...

Give MySuper time to work, says AIST

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2014
MySuper and SuperStream must be given time to work before the government considers any further changes to the system, the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) has said. In its submission in response to the Financial System Inquiry ...

AAP offers PI insurance for independent advisers

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2014
Centrepoint-owned Associated Advisory Practices (AAP) is offering a professional indemnity (PI) insurance product tailored for independent financial advisers. The solution was launched earlier this year and since then average renewal premiums have lowered ...

MDAs allow small players to act as large instos

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2014
The technology behind managed discretionary accounts (MDA) allows small investment players to act as if they had the scale of the industry's large institutions, SS&C Technologies head of Australia and New Zealand Nadine Moore said. Speaking at the inaugural ...

ASFA asks FSI for clear targets to measure super success

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2014
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has called on the Murray Inquiry to set clear objectives against which the success of superannuation's role in reducing the Age Pension burden on public coffers can be measured. In its latest ...