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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2014
The Australian share market is set to open lower after Wall Street fell a day before the release of major US economic data. At 0700 AEST on Thursday, the March share price index futures contract was 13 points lower at 5,524. In economic news on Thursday ...

Baby boomers account for four in five dollars under advice

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2014
... Thirty-two per cent of planners say they recommended annuities in the 12 months to December 2013, up from 26% in 2012 - and that figure is set to rise further, with 37% saying they plan to use annuities in 2014. "The proportion of planners recommending ...

FSC apologises to AusSuper for misinformed tweet

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2014
... comments on our twitteraccount [sic]. We acknowledge the statement was inaccurate. It's withdrawn." The incorrect $19 million figure came from the Senate Economics Committee hearing on the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA), at which the FSC was present. ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2014
... Mr Spooner said. "There's been some economic data in the last day or so which had been mildly positive, and there was a figure from China yesterday that was probably the biggest thing that changed sentiment yesterday. "And very importantly as far as ...

Super returns bonanza fizzles out

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2014
Super funds have seen the lowest rates of return for almost two years, according to figures released by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA). In the March quarter, super funds with more than $50 million in funds under management saw ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2014
... declining at a much slower pace in May than in April. The banking giant's PMI improved to 49.7 from 48.1 last month. While the figure is below the 50-mark - suggesting contraction - it is the second straight month of improvement and will fuel hopes that ...

CBA, CSSA promote FoFA legal loophole

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 19 MAY 2014
... demand for the services they provide, and that in the event that the rules stand, corporate super advisers will "have to figure out a business model that works."

Governance eclipses social and environmental concerns

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2014
Governance almost totally eclipses environmental and social factors when it comes to stakeholder concern, a report by AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM) has shown. The report showed that stakeholders with voting rights are overwhelmingly concerned with ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher ahead of the federal budget and after both the Dow Jones and S&P 500 reached fresh record highs. At 0645 AEST on Tuesday, the March share price index futures contract was up 31 points at 5,468. Analysts ...

FEATURE: Managing SMSF growth

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2014
Self-managed superannuation funds are synonymous withA growth. As their number surpasses the half a million mark, Laura Millan looks at the opportunities for individual investors and how SMSFs could contribute to the Australian economy. Of all the appealing ...