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Super Mario returns fire

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2015
Shots fired! Shots fired! Yes Virginia, Super Mario returned overnight and shot down the euro, putting smiles on the faces of holders of Eurozone stocks - Stoxx 600 up 2.4% -- and bonds - 10-year yields fell across the region. The euro dropped to as ...

LUCRF defends political campaign allegations

MARK SMITH, DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2015
... Workers fund, IR21, to finance political campaigns. Reports in News Ltd papers have claimed the industry super fund's purchase of 30 tickets per year to attend an IR21 event constitutes using member fees to help NUW-affiliated politicians get elected. ...

Lower super fees impact Australian Ethical

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2015
A progressive reduction in superannuation fees over the medium term is having a significant impact on revenues at Australian Ethical Investments. Yesterday Australian Ethical reported a full-year net profit after tax of $1.97 million, down 23% on 2014. ...

Give first home buyers access to super: CEDA

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2015
First home buyers should have access to their superannuation funds to purchase owner-occupied housing perhaps in return for the familiy home being counted in the pension assets test, the Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) has said. ...

Super fund goes nuts for returns

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2015
... $150 million with proceeds for SHV at $67 million. It is the first foray into agriculture for First State Super and the purchase has included 960 hectares dedicated for further almond cultivation. First State Super chief investment officer, Richard Brandweiner ...

Should the Fed re-launch QE?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2015
... is that commodity prices are priced in America's currency. The stronger the greenback, the fewer dollars required to purchase the same quantity of commodities. Lower commodity prices, in turn, negatively affect commodity-producing countries, decreasing ...

Empire State bombs out

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2015
Whoa! If this is an indication of things to come, then you can forget a lift-off in September, or in December... perhaps, forget all about it for all of next year. Yes Virginia, I refer to the drop in the Empire State Manufacturing Index. And girl ...

WAM Capital poised to pounce in mixed market

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2015
... the year to reach 17,358. WAM Capital said investment performance and capital management initiatives, including a share purchase plan (SPP) and an oversubscribed placement, were attributed to the solid result. More than 8,800 existing shareholders invested ...

One down, two to go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2015
Following on from China's "rule of three", the ECB has three of its own. The minutes of the European Central Bank's (ECB) 15-16 July meeting revealed the three things that are keeping the governing council members awake at night - Greece, China and ...

Australians seeing Centrelink as "life insurance substitute"

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2015
Too many Australians don't understand the purpose of life insurance and see the National Disability Insurance Scheme and Centrelink as effective substitutes, suggests research commissioned by Zurich and the Financial Planning Association of Australia ...