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Lower fees or lose advantage: ACTU

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 18 OCT 2010
The ACTU has called on industry funds to keep lowering their fees or risk losing one of their key competitive advantages over retail funds. Tim Lyons, assistant secretary of the Australian Council of Trade Unions said one of the top challenges facing ...

RewardSuper and Fin Synergy improve SMSF admin

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 18 OCT 2010
RewardSuper has struck a deal with Financial Synergy to integrate the Acurity platform and RSDataWeb - improving the online administration for over 2.5 million super members with $50 billion in funds. The new partnership could see advisers save up to ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 OCT 2010
The Australian share market was lower at noon, dragged down by major banks on concerns about foreclosures for US financial companies. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 20.5 points, or 0.44 per cent, at 4,668.5 while the broader All ...

QIC offers instos inflation protection

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 18 OCT 2010
One of the country's largest fixed interest managers raises the ante in the race to provide investors with income protection against rising inflation. After a brief period of incubation, Queensland Investment Corporation (QIC) has opened the QIC GFI ...

Queuing for QE

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 OCT 2010
... "...there would appear--all else being equal--to be a case for further action." With these words, US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke virtually ensured that Christmas is coming in November - no ifs, ands, buts or maybes. At least, that's what financial ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 OCT 2010
The Australian market has received mixed leads from offshore trading over the weekend. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0703 AEDT, the December share price index futures contract was 16 points lower at 4,686 points. In economics news on Monday, the ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 OCT 2010
The Australian share market was weaker at noon, marking time following soft offshore leads from Wall Street overnight. At 1202 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 25.8 points lower, or 0.55 per cent, at 4,673.3 while the broader All Ordinaries ...

RBF-Tasmania overhauls executive structure

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 15 OCT 2010
Six months after Philip Mussared became chief of the $3.4 billion RBF-Tasmania, the fund is undergoing a restructure which involves a nationwide search for six key executives, including a chief investment officer. The Retirement Benefits Fund of Tasmania ...

Meaning to the meaningless

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 OCT 2010
If you've already read the various reports on various websites and blogs trying to give meaning to Wall Street's slip overnight, you're now probably getting antsy pantsy that the bad ol' times have returned. This from The Age quoting "AAP, with Business ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 OCT 2010
Australian markets are receiving mixed leads from offshore trading overnight, with Wall St equities, oil and copper lower, but precious metals were stronger. European markets also were mixed. The Australian dollar was holding above 99 US cents, but ...