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Link Group to buy Superpartners

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2014
Link Group is set to buy member administrator Superpartners from its industry super fund owners, AustralianSuper, HESTA, Cbus, HOSTPLUS and MTAA Super. The five funds today announced they would enter a heads of agreement with Link Group "for the provision ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2014
The Australian share market has picked up as investors rebound from the sell-off on Monday and a poor start on Tuesday. Lonsec senior client adviser Michael Heffernan said trading at noon on Tuesday looked healthier than it did at the start of the session. ...

ASX mFund yet to attract major brokers

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2014
More than three quarters of Australia's online retail investors could have difficulty accessing the ASX's mFund service because their existing broker does not offer access. According to figures from Investment Trends, collectively CommSec, E*Trade ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2014
The Australian sharemarket is tipped to open higher, with modest gains on Wall Street overnight. The December share price index futures contract is up three points at 5,404. The Dow closed at a fresh record after the US Federal Reserve stuck to a plan ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2014
The Australian stock market is lower as news of a slowdown in Chinese industrial production and expectations the US Federal Reserve will lift interest rates weigh on investors. Official figures released over the weekend showed industrial production ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2014
The Australian sharemarket is tipped to open lower following Friday falls on Wall Street. The September share price index futures contract is down 19 points at 5,519. US stocks have dropped as the West slapped new sanctions on Russia and traders saw ...

Unbelievably beautiful set of numbers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2014
... unemployment rate dropped back to 6.1% in August after the suspect outsized 0.3 percentage point jump to 6.4% in July - a figure I suspected was highly suspect last month. But that's ok - what's a few percentage point miss between friends, correct? What's ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2014
The Australian sharemarket is tipped to open higher despite a mixed session on Wall Street. The September share price index futures contract is up three points at 5,550. US stocks have finished little changed as concerns about the upcoming referendum ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2014
The share market has given back its early gains due to weakness from the miners, retailers and Commonwealth Bank. Shares opened slightly higher after a positive lead from Wall Street, but by noon the main indices were back in negative territory. "Following ...

A tale of two A's

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2014
We were treated to a tale of two A's over the past 24 hours - Apple and the A dollar. It was the best of times. Apple scripts jumped by 3.1% -- up 26% this year -- after launching its new products into the market. "Apple announced a smartwatch, mobile-payments ...