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Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 SEP 2013
The Australian stock market has started the week on a positive note thanks to stronger than expected Chinese manufacturing data. Commonwealth Bank market analyst Steven Daghlian said the market received a boost from the release of official Chinese manufacturing ...

EQT takes the hit on the battle for Trust

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2013
... million in financial year 2012. EQT also had to absorb the expenses to implement the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) and Stronger Super reforms. "We managed to restrict operating expense growth to 6% and as a result, our operating margin grew to 27.7%," ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2013
... in at an annual rate of 2.5 per cent, faster than the original estimate of 1.7 per cent, the Commerce Department said. Stronger consumer spending and exports underpinned the pickup from the first quarter's sluggish 1.1 per cent pace, while imports grew ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2013
... trade, Billabong shares were down six cents, or 10.6 per cent at 50.5 cents. It was better news for Flight Centre, with stronger sales and improved margins helping the travel agency group 2012/13 profit grow to $246 million, up from $200 million the ...

Global uncertainty provides opportunities in retail property

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2013
... but has assets in Europe and Asia while Unibail is a Dutch company, it owns shopping malls right across Europe from the stronger Northern economies such as Sweden down to the more debt-laden countries including Spain. "These are blue-chip stocks in their ...

Product Dashboard could spook risk-averse members

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2013
... that into the Product Dashboard." In the Super System Review - commonly known as the Cooper Review - which led to the Stronger Super reforms, the panel's concern over risk focused on members making bad decisions based on past performance. In recommendation ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2013
... major miners, Rio Tinto was $1.01 higher at $60.05, while BHP Billiton was up 35 cents at $35.72. The big banks were all stronger, with NAB adding six cents at $32.40, Commonwealth Bank was 29 cents higher to $71.55, Westpac up 23 cents to $31.23 and ...

J.P. Morgan launches APRA reporting service

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2013
... Morgan's custody arm has today launched its solution to the increased data reporting requirements associated with the Stronger Super reforms. Under Stronger Super, the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) will require superannuation funds ...

NAB Wealth flat as bank's profit rises 2%

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 20 AUG 2013
... partially offset by lower disability claims. The Investment business benefited from higher funds under management (FUM), stronger earnings in Private Wealth and the sale of the Group's interest in US fund manager AREA Property Partners. FUM increased ...

Biggest weekly drop since and other scares

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 AUG 2013