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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2011
... exempt from the sell-off, due in part to the US and European region, especially out of Greece with concerns of a potential default. That didn't do anything to help banks across the globe," he said. "So at the moment, there's a lot of fear in the markets ...

Not looking good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2011
... greater the chance of a double-dip. As for Europe, things are starting to look ugly one more time. Greece is on the verge of default (91% chance of probability according to some reports) - but this is no longer news. Especially now that Germany is refusing ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2011
... a summer of hell, the eurozone's divided leaders hit the ground running this week in crunch talks to save Greece from default and tame Europe's runaway debt crisis. BEIJING - China's trade surplus contracted sharply to $US17.8 billion ($A16.85 billion) ...

Retail super fund commissions revealed

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 6 SEP 2011
... employees' compulsory super contributions between 2008 and 2010. "The MySuper reforms are intended to address workplace default arrangements where no advice is provided. Clearly, it is inappropriate to grandfather commissions paid to financial planners ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 SEP 2011
... Madrid 4.69 per cent, and Milan 4.83 per cent. Bonds issued by Greece and Italy fell, and the cost of insuring against default by Italy and France, as indicated by the market for credit default swap (CDS) instruments, rose sharply. The euro fell below ...

Super returns crash below 5%

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2011
Super fund median default rolling 12 month returns have crashed down from a rolling 12 month median return of 8.7% at end June 2011 to 4.9% at end July, according to the latest SelectingSuper fund performance survey. Despite the volatility, long-term ...

FOFA divides on commission

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2011
... insurance commissions on group life insurance in all super products, and on commissions on any life insurance policies in a default or MySuper product from July 1 2013. "These reforms will mean that MySuper will be commission-free," Shorten said, with ...

US housing market needs renovation

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2011
Until the US housing market starts to right itself it's unlikely US consumers are going to gain too much confidence and without confidence the chance of economic recovery will remain a forlorn dream. House prices are still down 32% from their 2006 peak ...

IFM hits back at claims it plays politics with super fund money

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2011
... to avoid conflicts of interest. Mark Rantall, chief executive of the Financial Planning Association, today called for default superannuation funds to be quarantined from paying for costly advertising campaigns. Under the Federal Government's award system ...

NZ Govt to enrol extra 1m into Kiwisaver

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2011
... that makes up 13% of the NZ funds management sector operates on an 'opt-out' basis. But employees unhappy with paying the default 2% contribution rate who leave the scheme also lose the 2% employer contribution. Alternatively they can increase their ...