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Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2014
The Australian share market is trading flat, though marked by a plunge in the shares of insurer QBE. Lonsec senior client adviser Michael Heffernan said the local bourse was "as flat as a tack". He said overseas leads had been okay, but a profit downgrade ...

WAM Capital posts record profit

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2014
... record profit pre-tax profit of $90.5 million for the 12 months to 30 June following strong investment performance. The figure represents a rise of 68.8% on last year. After tax profit rose 54.4% to $68.3 million. The total shareholder return for the ...

Passive FUM reaches all-time high

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2014
Funds allocated to index strategies grew 28% in the 12 months to end of March 2014, taking the total proportion of the funds management market it represents to a record high of 19%, new data from Rainmaker Information reveals. The rise is the fastest ...

Advisers eye opportunity in identity theft protection

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2014
... data records were exposed during 2013, an April 2014 white paper by the Atlantic Council and Zurich Insurance found. The figure is expected to grow significantly as consumers increasingly rely on data-led technologies, including RFID chips that are used ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2014
The Australian market looks set to open flat after little change on Wall Street where the S&P 500 inched toward another record high. At 0807 AEST on Friday, the September share price index futures contract was up eight points at 5,540. Locally, no major ...

FSC report warns of default super 'turmoil'

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2014
... superannuation arrangements. It estimated the total cost to members could be $185 million, or $148 per person. The $400 million figure cited by the FSC was described as a "potential total cost of the changes." The report also argued that the removal ...

AustralianSuper awards residential property mandates

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2014
... holdings in direct Australian residential property in a new deal with property managers QIC and ISPT. There was no dollar figure attached to the 'mandate' - rather, QIC and ISPT will look for investment opportunities on behalf of AustralianSuper, and ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2014
The Australian share market has opened higher, buoyed by gains on Wall Street and record production results from BHP Billiton. In the US the Dow Jones finished 0.36 per cent higher after investors welcomed the best existing-home sales figures in eight ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher following strong gains on international markets as investors welcomed news pro-Russian rebels had handed over the black boxes from the downed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17. At 0645 AEST on Wednesday, the ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2014
... thanks largely to government stimulus measures aimed at tackling a slowdown in the world's second-largest economy. The figure beat the 7.4 per cent in the previous three months and exceeded the median forecast of 7.4 per cent in a survey of 17 economists ...