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Market wrap PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2012
... gets around and a little bit of selling gets underway." Investors had already positioned portfolios according to their assessment of the probability of US politicians compromising on plans for tax hikes and spending cuts and a near term exit of Greece ...

CareSuper scoops SelectingSuper awards

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2012
... winners were selected from more than 120 eligible funds and products that have achieved a SelectingSuper AAA quality assessment by Rainmaker. The awards were sponsored by the insurer MetLife. The SelectingSuper award winners are: Innovation Award - Technology ...

Funding for women on super boards a union hand out: Cormann

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2012
... implement a board diversity policy with measurable objectives for achieving gender diversity. Both the policy and the assessment will need to be disclosed via the companies' websites.

SelectingSuper 2012 awards

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2012
... winners will be selected from more than 120 eligible funds and products that have achieved a SelectingSuper AAA quality assessment by Rainmaker, including those that have only recently made the grade. The awards are proudly sponsored by the insurer MetLife. ...

Asset consultants still in demand

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2012
... areas such as responsible investment, dynamic asset allocation, a broad range of alternative asset classes and risk assessment, Eagleton said. Increasing internal investment capabilities provides more opportunities in terms of compliance and risk assessment ...

Super cap breaches tumble

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2012
The Australian Tax Office's (ATO) latest report on cap breaches shows the number of people who exceeded the concessional contribution cap has dropped by 37% in the last 12 months. According to the ATO, in 2010/11 a total of 31,217 exceeded the cap ...

ECT assessments down 38%

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 15 OCT 2012
... assessments peaked at 49,786, but in 2010-11 this number had dropped to 31,217, the ATO reported. This fall in ECT assessment numbers was matched by a 40% fall in the value of these assessments, down from $143 million to $86 million. The significance ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2012
... - Asian markets and the euro fell as a Standard & Poor's downgrade of Spain's credit rating overshadowed an upbeat assessment of the US economy by the Federal Reserve. Traders were also following a lead from Wall Street and European investors in the ...

Star alignment

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2012
... Let's start with the minutes of the 4 September meeting. In it the Australian central bank noted that "the current assessment of the inflation outlook continued to provide scope to adjust policy in response to any significant deterioration in the outlook ...

ATO stands up for compliant SMSFs on levy use

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2012
ATO assistant commissioner Stuart Forsyth has told an industry event it is unfair compliant SMSFs have to see a portion of their levy go towards catching out those funds which do not operate properly. Forsyth said the current open registration system ...