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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2013
... choppy trading on Monday, as dealers digested downbeat Chinese data, mixed signals about the eurozone economy and S&P raising its outlook for the US economy from stable. London's FTSE 100 index of leading shares slipped 0.18 per cent to 6,400.45 points ...

Credit Suisse launches SIV portfolios

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2013
... 2017, a rise of almost 17 million. In its 2012 Global Wealth Report, it said China could see its number double by 2017, raising the total to almost two million.

Yellow Brick Road launches super fund

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2013
... in life, to own their own home and to retire comfortably," he said. "For Australians who are working hard today whilst raising a family and paying off their mortgage, retirement seems like a long way off. In reality, the average couple will need a million ...

Direct insurance not a competitor of retail: Zurich

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAY 2013
... that can help clients look for the best option. By investing on television and internet advertising, direct insurance is raising awareness on the importance of having protection and opening new markets. "Still, most people can benefit from having an ...

Variety of strategies needed for all-weather outperformance

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2013
... portfolio manager at Hunter Hall. During that time he built a track record of impressive outperformance. Morphic is currently raising funds for its long/short Morphic Global Opportunities fund. "Different strategies work in different places at different ...

SPAA, Deloitte join calls for SG deferral rethink

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2013
... years. The debate centres on Opposition leader Tony Abbot's budget reply speech in which he said the Coalition would delay raising the SG from 9% to 12%, in a bid to save the country $1.1 billion. SPAA head of technical and professional standards Graeme ...

Coalition will delay SG rise, abolish LICS

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2013
... won't continue the low income superannuation contribution because that's also funded from the [mining] tax that isn't raising any revenue," he said. "I announce that we will delay by two years the ramp up in compulsory superannuation because this money ...

Financial markets give the budget a big yawn

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2013
... his growth guesstimates - he has to if he wants to convince us, Australians all, of the necessity for all the revenue raising and public savings measures he's dishing out on us, Australians all. I'm not saying there's anything wrong with that - some ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2013
... April. Meanwhile the Federal Reserve kept its $US85 billion ($A82.36 billion) a month bond-buying program in place, while raising the possibility that it could do more if necessary. LONDON - The British stock market rose in low-volume deals, amid a public ...

A lesson against austerity

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2013
... It's now so worried about an economic slowdown that it's curtailing spending (except for the disabled and education) and raising taxes - or about to. Not to worry, we will have zero interest rates...and that's a promise...until 14 September.