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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2011
... flat, but slipped into negative territory during the morning with broad-based weakness across the major sectors. Among the poorer-performing sectors, healthcare companies were down 0.97 per cent, and industrial stocks were 0.75 per cent lower, according ...

Super funds urge MySuper rethink

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2011
... proposals are passed, the concentration on fees will push more towards passive management, which could ultimately lead to poorer asset allocation and sub-optimal performance for members. Lachlan Baird, chief executive officer, Prime Super, fears that ...

IML Future Leaders posts 25pc return

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 3 AUG 2010
... higher risk and more cyclical stocks gaining the most, This trend was reversed later in the year and many of the gains in poorer quality stocks proved short lived," noted the report. "In this environment the fund was able to hold its gains better than ...

Standard Life fined $4m for bad marketing

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2010
... investors' holding prior to the drop in valuations. The firm also contacted existing customers that were identified as holding poorer quality marketing material to find out if any further compensation was needed. Standard Life Assurance fully cooperated ...

Retirement worries worse than job loss

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2009
... came in second, with 82 per cent of members satisfied and largely satisfied with their chosen funds. With high fees and poorer performance compared with public and not-for-profit funds in the last year hampering the retail sector, around 65 per cent ...

Tax and dividend boost at OptiMix

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2009
... pursuing alpha objectives can often compromise the tax and income objectives of the multi-manager portfolio, resulting in poorer after tax returns, noted an ING statement. TDOS is an overlay on the multi-manager portfolio that optimises the tax and income ...

Aussie dollar rises to restore equilibrium

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2009
... is both good and bad in the A$'s appreciation. Just be careful you don't wish that it rises beyond the reach of our now poorer developed country peers.

Pension age lift under fire

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2009
... speaking on ABC Radio's World Today this week said the decision puts a wedge between wealthy people who can retire anytime and poorer people. "For many people that are wealthy, they can retire whenever they like. So what it is really doing is it is saying ...

ANZ sheds planning staff

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2009
ANZ plans to make 58 staff redundant from the bank's financial planning division citing poorer-than-expected demand for advice. According to an ANZ spokesperson, the bank reviewed its financial planning division numbers and cut the number of roles by ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2009
... Bank's expression of confidence in the Australian economy by keeping interest rates on hold helped the bourse recover from a poorer start. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index closed down 30.9 points, or 0.95 per cent, at 3,219.2 - its lowest close since December ...