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MySuper perceived as re-badging exercise

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2012
After engaging with the superannuation industry, it is obvious that there are a wide variety of responses to MySuper product design, said Bravura Solutions' head of product. Many funds are just treating MySuper as a chance to re-badge the default scheme ...

CCH to handle First Super compliance admin

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2012
... Edwards, director of corporate reporting solutions, said that super funds were a logical addition. "When we looked at the problem super funds were facing, it became clear they were essentially the same ones we've been helping other APRA-regulated entities ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2012
The Australian market looks set to open flat following falls on Wall Street overnight after Hewlett-Packard reported a quarterly loss due in part to a massive writedown, offsetting fresh data signalling recovery in the housing market. At 0640 AEDT on ...

Investor cash obsession worries wealth creators

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2012
... Samway, managing director of Hyperion Asset Management, says that there is little asset managers can do to combat the problem except pointing out the risks of being cashed up. "You can't leave all your money in any one asset class for any long period ...

Blame the G

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2012

Ten-year future vs. 10-minute tick

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2012
You gotta love this daily market watching. There's plenty of moving variables that no one knows for sure which way to jump. Yesterday it began with worries about the cliff, followed by worries about another looming recession in Japan as its economy ...

Reliance on improving global economy threatens big-four in 2013

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2012
The annus horribilis that Australia's big-four banks expect to define 2013 could become a present reality if too much of their fortunes are hitched to an expected strengthening global economy following the re-election of US President Barrack Obama yesterday ...

Political punch trading greatest risk to US economy

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2012
... in an article for MyClime. The next four years will almost certainly show far stronger growth than the last. The major problem facing the President-elect is just how to tackle the $1.1 trillion federal budget deficit and the looming spending cuts and ...

RBA says its ok

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2012
"At today's meeting, with prices data slightly higher than expected and recent information on the world economy slightly more positive, the Board judged that the stance of monetary policy was appropriate for the time being." This was how the Reserve ...

A week full of question marks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2012
... appropriate for a considerable time after the economic recovery strengthens"? Perhaps it's Ben that's the stock market's problem. It's bye-bye Ben (immediately?) if Romney wins tomorrow's presidential polls. It's (reportedly) bye-bye Ben at the end of ...