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Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAR 2012
... world's largest economy grew at an annual clip of 3.0 per cent in the final three months of 2012. And, Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke said the economy had performed better than expected in recent months. European markets rose, lifted by gains ...

FOFA discontent rumbles on after PJC findings

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAR 2012
Opt-in, annual fee disclosure and best interest remain the sticking points for industry bodies following yesterday's release of the Parliamentary Joint Committee report on FOFA. The 220 page report, which took into account over 70 submissions from concerned ...

Smart beta gains popularity with instos

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAR 2012
Smart beta solutions are becoming increasingly popular with global pension funds, according to research from UK advice firm bfinance. Smart beta, which includes fair-value indexing and low-volatility strategies were perceived as a method of reducing ...

Super contributions break through $1 trillion

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAR 2012
In the past 13 years, $1 trillion has been contributed into superannuation funds while the proportion of benefits paid as lump sums has plummeted. The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has just released its Annual Superannuation Bulletin for ...

Netwealth owned Paragem rebrands as Pathway

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAR 2012
Paragem's Dealer Services will change its name to Pathway Licensee Services from March 2012, as the business integrates into the netwealth Group. Paragem Dealer Services was acquired by the netwealth Group in November 2011 but Ian Knox and Charlie Haynes ...

No please explain needed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAR 2012
... analysis, "S&P 500 snaps four-day advance" (Bloomberg) and the Dow gave back its hold on 13K "after Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke failed to signal fresh stimulus for the US economy." (The Age). Moi, I'm not only 'LOL' but 'LMAO'. In his semi-annual ...

Austerity's political pay-off

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 FEB 2012
Deleveraging in US and Europe is going to be painful and will require courageous actions from politicians that run against the grain, according to head of global investment solutions at UBS. Deleveraging will mean years of slowed growth coupled with ...

Hedge fund FUM to hit $2.3 trillion by year end

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 FEB 2012
A Deutsche Bank survey of global hedge fund managers finds they expect their combined FUM to climb to $2.3 trillion by the end of 2012. Driving the expectations are institutional investors, HNW and Family Offices looking for investment performance in ...

Smackdown

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 FEB 2012
Hey, hey, something doesn't look quite right here. The Dow's reclaimed 13K and most equity markets in Europe ended on the up and up while we were sleeping. They shouldn't be doing that. Haven't they heard that Standard & Poor's just downgraded Greek ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 FEB 2012
The Australian market looks set to open as it ended - flat. At 0800 AEDT on Wednesday, the March share price index futures contract was up 11 points at 4,268. In economic news on Wednesday, the Housing Industry Association (HIA) releases new home sales ...