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On austerity, growth and expectations

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 APR 2013
... last year (4.2K). The same holds true for the US. It was on full display at the end of last week's trading. GDP grows stronger but disappoints. First quarter US real GDP came in at an annualised rate of 2.5%, disappointing expectations for a 3% expansion. ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2013
The Australian share market has opened slightly higher, boosted by stronger mining stocks on the back of improved prices for commodities. "It's all about commodities today," IG Markets market strategist Stan Shamu said. "We've seen a nice little jump ...

REI and Club Plus get MySuper green light

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2013
REI Super and Club Plus Super have become the latest funds to get approval from the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) for their MySuper offerings. Property industry fund REI said its existing default choice, the Trustee Super Balanced ...

Financial Synergy to release SuperStream-friendly platform

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 23 APR 2013
... an updated and SuperStream-friendly version of its Acurity administration platform. The release adapts the platform to Stronger Super legislative changes such as MySuper, SuperStream and Australian Taxation Office integration for unclaimed superannuation ...

Fund managers tip great returns on US investments

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 23 APR 2013
... markets, but we think US equities are still attractive because this valuation premium is likely to reflect relatively stronger domestic economic momentum," Poole said. F&C Asset Management co-head of multi-manager Gary Potter said the US was his investment ...

CFS first retail fund to win MySuper approval

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 22 APR 2013
... substantial falls in investment markets as members near retirement." The Government introduced MySuper as part of its Stronger Super package in a bid to provide superannuation members with a new low cost and simple superannuation product that replaces ...

Aurora targets retail investors with liquid hedge fund

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 22 APR 2013
... themselves up to a new breed of investor, according to Aurora. Hedge funds are marketed on their ability to derive a stronger return from the market than other collective investment schemes. However, many derive their returns by exploiting price inefficiencies ...

A week's walk on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 APR 2013
... all about China and no, US is not slowing. No siree! Not with a 7.0% increase in housing starts that followed an even stronger 7.3% jump the month before. And certainly not with large consumer companies Coca-Cola and Johnson & Johnson are reporting good ...

Global cooling on carbon

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2013
... backload - that is, take 900 million tonnes of carbon credits off market and return them when the region's economy is stronger (in three years? five years? 10 years?). The rejection was for all the good of Europe. It'll reduce costs for European businesses ...

No problemo

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2013
... expectations. Better, February's 0.8% gain was revised to up 1.1%. Housing starts soared by 7.0% last month following an even stronger 7.3% jump in February. As for company earnings, there's good news there too. According to Bloomberg, "Earnings topped ...