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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2011
Australian shares were down by 1.3 per cent at noon as weaker than expected building approval data released late Tuesday morning prompted shares to fall further from initial losses. At 1200 AEST on Tuesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 56.9 ...

SMSFs stockpiling cash, weighted to banks

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2011
Self-managed super funds have been stockpiling cash in the three months to June reflecting a cautious attitude to the stockmarket among trustees, a new survey has said. Cash holdings for the 1600 SMSFs administered by self-managed super administration ...

Secondary market for private equity heats with billion dollar deal

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2011
Several large transactions have heated up the secondary market for global private equity, suggesting predictions for market upturn were right according to new research from alternative investment research firm Preqin. AXA Private Equity's purchase of ...

Complicating the simple

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2011
... Yields of 10-year Treasuries have come down by 4 basis points to 2.95% overnight. Like I said yesterday, if you want to figure out the financial market's pulse on the debt issue, you look to the bond market. The bottom line is that despite the eerie ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2011
The Australian stock market is expected to open lower today, after US markets fell for the fifth straight day while the US searches for a solution to its debt crisis. At 0649 AEST on the ASX 24, the September share price index futures contract was nine ...

Macquarie backs annuity income as contributions drop

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2011
... administration up 4% from a year earlier. BFS' retail deposits were at $27.9 billion for Q1 2012, up 75% from Q1 2011. That figure was aided by $9.6 billion of cash management trust funds that were transferred to the cash management account in July 2010. ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2011
The Australian stock market was lower at noon after local inflation data sent the Australian dollar higher, and as the US debt ceiling stalemate continued. At 1200 AEST on Wednesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 20.2 points, or 0.44 per cent ...

Super Choice did not change super habits

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2011
Super Choice legislation enabling consumers to choose their superannuation fund has made little impact on the way Australians choose superannuation, a report has found. The Roy Morgan Superannuation and Wealth Management in Australia report for July ...

Fund flows push life risk market to $9.5b

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUL 2011
Life risk insurance is enjoying steady growth and group risk sales have jumped as large deals change hands, latest figures show. Risk premium inflows increased to $9.5 billion in the year to March, an increase of 10.4% over the $8.6 billion collected ...

Trade union boss pushes for SG raise

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2011
The Australian Council of Trade Unions president, Ged Kearney, has voiced her support for a higher super guarantee and urged women in the super industry to maintain the fight for equal rights and to demand more action from government figures. Speaking ...