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EQT reports lift in profits

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2014
... margin at around 26%." Killen confirmed that at this stage, the full year operating profit projection is likely to be 10%-15% above the prior year. More detail on the half year results and interim dividend will be available in the shareholder presentation ...

Retail funds close member satisfaction gap

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2014
... new survey released by Roy Morgan. The survey put industry funds in the top five places, with ESSSuper head and shoulders above the rest with a satisfaction rate of 79.6%. Second place Catholic Super came in 10 percentage points lower, at 68.5%. No other ...

Fund manager criticises "rip-off" fees

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2014
... institutional investors is just 0.5% versus an industry average of around 80-90 basis points. Combine this low cost base with above average performance and it's easy to see why the group has caught the attention of the Australian superannuation funds ...

Up, up, prices are up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2014
... by 0.8% in the December quarter - double market expectations for a 0.4% increase - taking the annual rate of inflation up above the mid-point of the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) 2% -3% target band to 2.7%. Both the core rate measures - the trimmed ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2014
... of higher-than-expected inflation figures. Consumer price index (CPI) growth of 0.8 per cent for the December quarter was above the 0.5 per cent rise expected by economists, reducing the chances of another rate cut by the central bank. The benchmark ...

Irish luck unlocked

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2014

FPA condemns FoFA fear mongers

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2014
The Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) has urged planners to "rise above the noise of tired, product-centric arguments" in the early days of the watered-down Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) reforms. On 20 December 2013 Assistant Treasurer ...

Resolution Capital celebrates 10-year anniversary

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2014
... facilities and hotels. "The property portfolios in which we invest typically exhibit operating and environmental metrics well above industry benchmarks. It would be near impossible to viably replicate the quality and location of the underlying real estate ...

FPA-Cbus referral deal makes promising start

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2014
... January 1, 25 Cbus members have been referred to participating planners for in-depth advice. He said this figure was "a bit above expectations, given that it's a quiet time of year." The FPA Professional Practice Referral Programme pilot was announced ...

ETF assets tipped to reach $13 billion in 2014

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2014
... 12 months. The domestic ETF market proved popular in 2013, with funds under management rising by 52% to finish the year above the $10 billion mark. SSgA head of SPDR ETFs Amanda Skelly expects the low- cost index products to keep up the momentum this ...