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Q1 earnings expectations get rub down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2015
First quarter numbers on Wall Street are out, but they're not something to write home about. Eat our dust. The Dow ended 0.3% down and the S&P 500 index up by 0.4% in the first three months of 2015 - a significant underperformance compared with the ...

Hyperion closes funds to new investors

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2015
Hyperion Asset Management is soft-closing its retail funds and has already completely closed its institutional business to new inflows. The soft closure for retail investors will take effect as at 30 April 2015. The fund manager will no longer accept ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2015
The sharemarket has opened higher on expectations of an interest rate cut after the price of Australia's largest export, iron ore, fell to fresh lows. The iron ore price dropped below $US50 a tonne overnight, extending a run of losses that began a week ...

Super breaks $2trn on way to $9trn

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2015
Superannuation has now passed through $2 trillion and is well on its way to exceeding $9 trillion over the next 20 years, according to new research released by Rainmaker. While official figures are yet to confirm the $2 trillion marker has been crossed ...

Changes to super tax needed: AIST

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2015
The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees believes changes need to be made to ensure tax concessions for super fund members and retirees are both fair and sustainable for all Australians. AIST will submit to the federal government's Tax Discussion ...

Lonsec launches product rating tools for advisers

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2015
Lonsec has launched BIOmetrics, a suite of product rating tools which facilitate more client-specific product selection. The tools divide products into three categories: "Features and Benefits", "Aggregated Risk" and "Cost". Each category has sub-metrics. ...

Chief executive steps down at AWI

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2015
A decision by Australasian Wealth Investments to integrate its digital properties saw chief executive and managing director Ben Heap resign on Tuesday. In a statement to the ASX, Heap said he continues "to be passionate about the innovation in financial ...

ASIC bans Commonwealth Financial Planning employee

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2015
ASIC has banned Commonwealth Financial Planning employee Rebecca Locksley from providing financial services for 18 months, after finding she created false documents for client files. Locksley of Merewether, New South Wales, was the servicing planner ...

RBA rate cut: earlier and more

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2015
What a difference a week makes. Looks like it's gonna happen in May with a slight chance of April was what I typed on this space seven days ago. Yes Virginia, 'twas about the when the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) would next cut the official cash ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2015
Australian stocks have extended their losses on heavy drops in commodity prices and overnight falls on Wall Street. Crude prices eased and iron ore fell to its lowest price since tracking began in 2008. The market opened with only modest losses, but ...