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Better days are getting happier

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2012
... Street is happy and it knows it. The Dow Jones Index closed at its highest level since 2007 and the S&P 500 Index ended above 1,400 points (1,402.60) to be precise) - the first time since June 2008 - taking it just 163 points shy of the record 1565.15 ...

Flawed assumptions pushing RRR too high

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2012
... lower target retirement income replacement ratios from 60%-plus down to about 40%, which coincidentally is only slightly above what they were several years ago when a replacement ratio of 30% was considered adequate. The debate about super-charging contribution ...

Retail trumps wholesale in managed funds

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2012
... as the only wholesale manager to report any significant growth in its funds under management (13.2%). On the retail side, above average performances, identified by the lowest percentage falls, were recorded by BT (-2.0%), Mercer (-2.1%) and AMP (-3.9%). ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2012
... that is confirmation that Wall Street is looking in good shape," he said. Locally, the S&P/ASX200 index has briefly lifted above 4,300 points in recent months, but has always slipped back below that mark due to ongoing concerns about the global economy. ...

BlackRock appoints head of strategy group

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 12 MAR 2012
... Asia Pacific. "Diversifying into alternative assets, including commodities and real estate, has the potential to provide above average returns and manage risk, since alternatives tend not to move in tandem with stocks and bonds." BlackRock manages approximately ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2012
... LONDON - European stock markets rose robustly on optimism that the Greek debt swap would be successful. The euro bounced back above $US1.32 with dealers shrugging off decisions by central banks the ECB and Bank of England to keep interest rates steady ...

FSC makes move on fund governance

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2012
... standards regardless of retail and corporate sector status in their daily operations, standards the FSC said are set well above the current legal requirements and are long overdue. "The corporate governance and transparency standards of superannuation ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAR 2012
... widened to $8.374 billion in the December quarter, from $5.824 billion in the September quarter. The result was slightly above market expectations of an $8.1 billion deficit. Still to come, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) was due to hand down its ...

ATO warns SMSFs on property transfers

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAR 2012
... market it could be viewed that the SMSF is giving an advantage to the tenant at the expense of the fund members but if it above the market it could be viewed as being an attempt to circumvent the excess contributions tax, they explained. Illustrating ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2012
... strong gains helped by positive jobs data and a key ruling for the pending Greek debt write-off that had boosted the Dow back above the 13,000 line. At the closing bell, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 28.23 points (0.22 per cent) to 12,980.30. ...