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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 JUL 2011
The Australian share market is set to open lower today on weak offshore leads and the impact of the federal government's carbon tax on specific stocks. At 0804 AEST, the local September share price index futures contract is 40 points lower at 4,600 ...

The other Greece

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2011
Here we go again! Just when we all thought that the Greek problem is done and dusted - at least until the next time it needs to be done and dusted - along comes that other Greece, and it's name is Portugal. Warnings galore. Credit-rating agencies went ...

TPD insurance review closes

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUL 2011
... may only be 50% tax deductible. Super funds have broadly welcomed any simplification in the compliance process but the problem is that some funds - particularly not-for-profit super funds - have been boosting their default cover and expanding their TPD ...

Strong cash flow doubles Countplus dividend

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2011
... Solutions direct insurance business to Count Financial. "That will continue to be a growth area with the underinsurance problem in Australia," he said. Countplus' core business remained accounting and business services, he said, where self-managed super ...

Bank stocks rise on Greek confidence

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUN 2011
... "Banks are deleveraging." He said Australian banks could ride out funding cost shocks but longer-term it could be more of a problem. And he does not see wholesale funding costs ever going back to the abnormally low "free money" levels experienced before ...

Former UBS star team launches flagship Bennelong Avoca fund

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUN 2011
... The fund size will be capped at an amount well below a billion dollars to avoid becoming too big to add value. "That's a problem for many fund managers," Campbell said. The team will seek to minimise the volatility of returns through sound risk management ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUN 2011
The Australian share market is expected to benefit again today, after a second day of strong performances by Wall Street. At 0658 AEST, the September share price index futures contract was up 51 points at 4,521. There is no economics news scheduled ...

Westpac goes on attack against lost super

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUN 2011
... branches to pull out all stops to help their customers track down and consolidate any lost superannuation monies. The problem with lost super is not just that half the workforce has a lost superannuation account or that it amounts to nearly an aggregate ...

Market Wrap -Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUN 2011
The Australian share market was expected to open stronger after a resurgence on Wall Street overnight as fears eased over Greece's debt crisis. At 0710 AEST, the September share price index futures contract was up 49 points at 4,491. In economic news ...

Advisers missing retirement planning bonanza

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2011
... the extent to which super fund members are disengaged from what their superannuation savings are trying to achieve. This problem is exacerbated by Roy Morgan's estimate that only 40 per cent of Australian with superannuation have ever consulted a financial ...