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Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2012
Australian stocks have sunk to their lowest level this year as investors begin to panic over the crisis in Europe after reports of a run on Spanish banks. Europe's main stock markets tumbled and the euro hit a new four-month US dollar low as worries ...

CSSA: MySuper puts corporate super insurance at risk

RACHEL DAVIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2012
CSSA: MySuper puts corporate super insurance at riskThere is a fundamental flaw in the assumptions being made by Treasury regarding what happens to a member's benefits when they leave a corporate super fund, according to the Corporate Super Specialist ...

Bulls run

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2012
Didn't they already ban the running with the bulls in Spain? Ahh yes, my bad. The Spanish region of Catalonia only banned bullfighting, but approved running with them. For bullfighting kills bulls, running with them only kills... ehem, people. I was ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2012
The Australian market looks set to open lower following big falls on US markets overnight and continued political uncertainty in Europe. At 0751 AEST on Friday, the June share price index futures contract was down 76 points at 4,084. In economic news ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2012
Australian stocks have opened higher, with gains among the big miners helping defy a weak lead from offshore markets. At 1029 AEST on Thursday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 13.8 points, or 0.33 per cent, at 4,179.3 points, while the broader ...

AustralianSuper wins landmark IBM mandate

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2012
AustralianSuper has won Australia's largest corporate super outsourcing mandate to manage the $1.7bn IBM staff fund. Subject to due diligence, current IBM Super members and employees will transfer to AustralianSuper effective 1 November 2012. The tender ...

Advisers use of ETFs on the rise

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2012
The number of exchange traded funds used by investors is on the rise despite continued market volatility, with up to 70,000 users expected by the end of the year, according to the latest BetaShares/Investment Trends ETF Report. The BetaShares/Investment ...

UBS launches MySuper designed funds

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2012
... which MySuper is a key plank, and I think that's something that the industry has broadly been pretty supportive of," said Ben Heap, head of UBS Global Asset Management Australia and New Zealand. "Super funds, dealer groups and advisers have been looking ...

Unstable markets demand more from COOs

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2012
During periods of market turbulence, funds intensify their focus on risk and efficiencies increasing the importance of the role of chief operating officer, according to La Trobe Financial. "There have already been a couple of behavioural cycles since ...

That anxious wait

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2012
If you're in Victoria (Australia) and you watch television, chances are you've probably seen Quit Victoria's new anti-smoking ad. I don't know if this is shown in the other states but the ad shows a fretful young dad in a hospital waiting room waiting ...