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Super operating costs rise to $150 per member

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2013
The costs of operating and administering superannuation funds have increased despite savings made through economies of scale, data from Deloitte shows. The audit, consulting and advice giant said that costs per member broke the $150 mark for the first ...

Investors overlook US recovery

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2013
Investors are underestimating the strength of the US recovery, according to MFS Investment Management's Robert Manning, who believes the success of the world's largest economy will drive stock market returns globally. Manning, who is chairman and chief ...

Hamilton prepares counter-bid for Elders forestry scheme

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2013
Hamilton Securities Limited is readying a competing bid for the acquisition of the Sandalwood Scheme, an agricultural investment scheme managed by Elders in Western Australia. Elders is under financial pressure to offload the forestry assets and has ...

Pricing of unlisted assets call for new model: Northfield

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2013
The risk profiles of unlisted assets can be analysed as if they were equities or Exchange Traded Funds (ETF) by using integrated models that look at risk across all asset classes, an analytics firm said. Northfield Asia Pacific, a US-based firm that ...

TAL wins Life Company of the Year

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2013
TAL has been named the Plan For Life (PFL)/Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) 2012 Life Company of the Year for the second year in a row. As well as winning the overall Platinum Award, TAL also took away the Term/TPD Product Award and was a finalist ...

Dividend stocks ideal for SMSFs

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2013
Self-managed super fund trustees must consider having a solid exposure to dividend stocks even as they move into retirement, according to Legg Mason. As investors approach retirement their saving priorities change from growing their pension pot to preserving ...

EM corp bonds better than US: CFSGAM

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2013
Investors can get a better return on emerging markets corporate bonds than they can on US corporates with the same credit rating, according to Colonial First State Global Asset Management's Helene Williamson. Previously only deemed appropriate for speculators ...

Venezuelan market rally under question

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2013
Wall Street might is in the midst of jubilation, celebrating the Dow Jones Industrial Index's foray into a new all-time record high last night. Investors are counting their lucky stars - er, dollars - from the Dow's 117.7% surge from the bottom plumbed ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2013
The Australian market was hovering around four-and-a-half year highs at open after Wall Street soared to a record high. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 hit 5,119.8 shortly after open, before falling slightly. It is the highest level the market has reached ...

Can't help falling in love with stocks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2013
"Sing Hallelujah! Sing it Sing Hallelujah! Sing it, yeah Sing Hallelujah!" -- 'Sing Hallelujah' by Dr. Alban They're dancing and singing on the streets - Wall Street, that is -- for the Dow Jones Industrials Index has officially closed at an all-time ...