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Insync with beer

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2015
... Fosters delivering some of AB Inbev's characteristics before they were taken over by overseas companies, potentially leaving a gap for investors. Another way in to the alcohol market is investing in property funds directly focused on pubs and clubs. ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2015
... preliminary deal to buy beauty assets from Procter & Gamble for as much as $US12 billion. Dow member P&G gained 1.3 per cent. Gap advanced 1.4 per cent following its announcement it will close 175 stores in North America and eliminate 250 headquarters ...

Super pool reducing Aussie reliance on foreign capital: ASFA

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2015
Australia's compulsory superannuation system and its positive effects for individuals and the economy should not be lost in the Tax Discussion Paper process. This is the view of the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA), who recently ...

Market to open flat

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2015
... Several retail stocks advanced, including, Macy's (+0.6 per cent), Target (+0.5 per cent) and Williams-Sonoma (+0.7 per cent). Gap rose 1.9 per cent. Entertainment giant 21st Century Fox fell 0.2 per cent on news that chief executive Rupert Murdoch plans ...

Super funds advised to be smart with technology

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2015
... time if it doesn't fit within the existing framework," Pourbaix said. He said in speaking to financial advisers there is a gap between what risk profiles say and what the client's objectives actually are. He said technology can help bridge that widening ...

Super delivers 12.2% for year end April

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2015
... sitting on double digit returns in their MySuper or Workplace default option. Within the Workplace default sector, the 12 month gap between not-for-profit (NFP) and retail super funds meanwhile closed as both segments achieved 12.2%. Rainmaker said this ...

Members less likely to switch from workplace funds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2015
... 4.8% of personal superannuation products were switched compared to 2.9% for employer workplace funds. While the two thirds gap seems high, it has compressed significantly since 2012 when it peaked at three times - 7% compared to 2.8% - showing that the ...

Super rules for women still unclear

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2015
... Australia that pays its female staff more super - an extra 2% - than it pays its male staff, in an effort to address the savings gap. However the company found the laws unclear when trying to implement the policy and sought advice from Sex Discrimination ...

Market lower as Wall Street falls

AAP  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2015
... trading volume was light ahead of Monday's Memorial Day holiday, when markets will be closed. Shares of clothing retailer Gap fell 1.4 per cent after first-quarter net income dropped eight per cent to $US239 million ($A302.76 million). Comparable sales ...

Australia's super pool now more than $2 trillion

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2015
... returns to bank-owned funds over the last 11 years. Industry Super Australia chief executive, David Whiteley, said the 2% gap was a concern and bank-owned super funds "are a drag on member returns and national savings." "For most Australian households ...