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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 NOV 2013
The Australian market looks set to open higher following gains on international markets as dealers digest positive data from the US and China amid quiet trade on a public holiday. At 0850 AEDT on Tuesday, the December share price index futures contract ...

Electronic reports signify Stronger Super milestone

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2013
Forty seven superannuation funds representing over 4 million members have for the first time lodged electronic reports to the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) as part of the new standards outlined in the Stronger Super reforms, marking ...

Good, bad: all good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2013
For an itsy-bitsy while last week, I feared that the "good is good and bad is good" catchphrase on Wall Street has died and gone to catchphrase heaven. Good news on the US economy became ba-ba-bad to the bones Thursday last week. The S&P 500 index declined ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2013
The Australian market looks set to open higher after Wall Street's strong gains following better-than-expected US jobs figures. At 0802 AEDT on Monday, the December share price index futures contract was up 55 points at 5,464. The US Labor Department ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2013
... economy is showing signs of strength. The ISM purchasing managers' index for the service sector rose to 55.4 per cent in October - up from a September reading of 54.4 per cent and much higher than the expected 54.0 per cent. WELLINGTON - The NZX 50 rose ...

PM Capital launches global fund on ASX

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 NOV 2013
PM Capital is set to launch its international equities strategy as a listed investment fund (LIC). PM Capital chief executive Chris Donohoe said the launch addresses the limited choice currently offered to investors who want access to the global share ...

ASFA reshuffles board, appoints new chair

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 NOV 2013
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has appointed a new chair and two new members have joined its board of directors. TAL managing director Jim Minto is the board's new chair. Minto has been an ASFA director since November 2009 ...

Market Wrap AM

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 5 NOV 2013
The Australian market looks set to open flat after Wall Street made modest gains ahead of a busy week of economic indicators. At 0859 AEDT on Tuesday, the December share price index futures contract was up 18 points at 5,398. The first reading on US ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 NOV 2013
The Australian market looks set to open higher following gains on Wall Street after solid US and Chinese manufacturing data and good US car sales figures. At 0818 AEDT on Monday, the December share price index futures contract was up 24 points at 5,414. ...

Trick or treat?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2013
We're back on the taper-go-round saddle Virginia. Would the Fed allow the green shoots of a December taper to grow roots - and again permeate to every nook and cranny of economics and finance -- and then treat us with a taper not as it did in September? ...