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Super fund returns recovery rolls on

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2013
The recovery in super fund returns has continued apace in April 2013 as the SelectingSuper Workplace rolling 12 month default option index climbed again to 12.7%, its second highest level in three years. Explaining why rolling 12 month returns remain ...

Board quotas an "embarrassment" for Australia: BlackRock

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2013
The introduction of quotas in a modern, egalitarian Australia "would prove to be an embarrassment," despite the obvious benefits that diversity brings, according to BlackRock. In a new research report, BlackRock also said the glacial pace of growth ...

Merrill Lynch to pay $120k over compliance infringement

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2013
Merrill Lynch Equities (Australia) Limited (Merrill Lynch) has paid a penalty of $120,000 to comply with an infringement notice issued by the Markets Disciplinary Panel (MDP). The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) said Merrill ...

No growth in managed funds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2013
Managed funds are still languishing according to official figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). The ABS has just released figures detailing the $2 trillion managed investments sector and they confirm that while superannuation ...

Prime Value launches concentrated equities fund

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2013
Boutique fund manager Prime Value has launched its first new fund in almost 12 years, after moving further into the retail space from its family office- focused origins. The Prime Value Opportunities Fund, a concentrated equities fund structured to ...

Former boutique firm analyst pleads guilty to insider trading

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2013
A former analyst with boutique finance firm Lincoln Crowne & Company (LCC) has pleaded guilty to an insider trading charge following an Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) investigation. The charge against Jonathan Jin Yi Ang, 25 ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2013
The Australian share market is set to open lower as forecasts of slower global economic growth caused falls on overseas markets. At 0755 AEST on Thursday, the June share price index futures contract was down 22 points at 4,959. Wall Street and European ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAY 2013
The Australian share market has opened marginally higher, after five straight sessions of losses. At 1015 AEST on Tuesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 3.6 points, or 0.07 per cent, at 4,963.5, while the broader All Ordinaries index was up ...

Super funds need low volatility shares for pension portfolios

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2013
Superannuation members in the post-retirement phase should have exposure to lower volatility, income paying stocks, according to Investors Mutual investment director Anton Tagliaferro. Traditional investment theory dictates that as investors grow older ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2013
The Australian market looks set to open higher after Wall Street again set new records. At 0630 AEST on Monday, the June share price index futures contract was up 19 points at 5,212. In economic news on Monday, the Commonwealth Bank business sales indicator ...