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Telstra Super majority returns above 10%

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2011
... July 1, the fund introduced a common fee structure for all members, including accumulation members. Telstra Super Personal Plus members administration fees were cut from 0.6 per cent to 0.2 per cent, with a member fee of $1.50 per week. "Being able to ...

BNP Paribas return to defensive fixed income

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 4 JUL 2011
... moving away from its previous equity-like status. The global asset manager has launched the BNP Paribas Asset Management Core Plus Fixed Income Fund (the Fund), with a broad range of investors in its sights including superannuation funds, insurance organisations ...

Super funds returns on upwards trend

RACHEL DAVIS  |  MONDAY, 4 JUL 2011
... cent and master trusts around seven per cent and the top performing funds are expected to break double figures and score 12% plus. The results are contained in the latest fund returns analysis released by SelectingSuper using research by Rainmaker Information. ...

UBS undecided on OptiMix future

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2011
... ANZ," he said. Decisions on staffing will also be made between now and October. "For us the real cream is if we can take two plus two and get to five. In other words there's some very good talent in the ING business." "You bring those things together ...

Strong cash flow doubles Countplus dividend

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2011
... butter," he said. Spurr said Countplus was looking to buy accountancy firms, business services and financial planning practices, plus bolt-on acquisitions such as legal businesses. "That could be 100 per cent ownership but we are also interested in becoming ...

CFS super deposit taps demand, relieves wholesale reliance

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2011
... drawdown phase. The new FirstRate Investment Deposits offers a floating interest rate based on the reserve bank cash rate plus one per cent. It is a term deposit, with terms fixed for six years. It is offered through the FirstChoice and FirstWrap platforms ...

Sevior departure rated as permanent

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2011
... Sevior." Sevior is being replaced as manager of the fund by Paul Skamvougeras, portfolio manager for the Perpetual Share Plus long/short Australian-equity fund which is worth around $100 million. Sevior and Skamvougeras have a long-standing relationship ...

All clear for a bail

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2011
... for disability benefit eligibility and the lifting of the age of retirement from 61 to 65. Now there'll be more of these plus - outright pay reductions of public servants, a freeze in government hiring and for those who still have jobs - a 'crisis levy' ...

VIX says no fear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2011
... it? But lo and behold, it could... and it did! The Dow closed more than half a percent higher and the S&P 500 ended with a plus in front of 0.18 per cent. Tech stocks, however, failed to make the grade with the Nasdaq giving up another 0.3 per cent on ...

Back to cactus

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2011
... 79.5 per cent. The Empire State Manufacturing Index plummeted to minus 7.8 in June - the lowest since last November - from plus 11.9 in May. Readings below zero signal a contraction in the (New York) state. The National Association of Home Builders/Wells ...