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Straus-Kahn stress

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2011
... charges of a criminal sex act, attempted rape and unlawful imprisonment of a 32-year old hotel maid at the Hotel Sofitel on Times Square, New York. I linked this fiasco to the global financial crisis because what else is there that could drive the head ...

Super problems to short-change retirees

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2011
... specific entry and exit points. On average the Australian stock exchange increased by 11.1 per cent, but there were several times when it fell by more than 10 per cent with the average fall being 26.1 per cent, he said. "A man with one foot in a bucket ...

May day mayday

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2011
... falls enough to encourage renewed purchases. That's the immutable law of supply and demand. And I've said this many, many times before: Oil companies may not like it but from a macro-economic standpoint lower oil prices are a positive. So are falling ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2011
... which sent all 10 industry groups in the S&P 500 index lower, is a sign that the economic recovery still seems uncertain at times. Strong earnings have been carrying the market higher since the beginning of 2011. On Tuesday the S&P 500 climbed for the ...

Budget 2011: Advisers granted budget wish

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2011
... rate." Brogden said the move acknowledged that people make honest mistakes. "But they don't make honest mistakes several times nor do they make them in excess of $10,000 - so we think that's great, we really do." Brogden said the $10,000 limit for first-time ...

China's HNWs hold $1.2tr

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2011
... that its high net worth sector is already worth almost as much as Australia's entire superannuation market but growing four times faster. According to research just released by global consultant Bain & Company, there are now 585,000 people in China with ...

NAB grows FUM despite tough times

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2011
MLC & NAB Wealth increased their funds under management by 6.8 per cent to $121.9 billion in the year to March and added 241 financial advisers to its ever-growing network, according to half-yearly results released yesterday. The National Australia ...

Local super funds see potential in offshore property

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2011
... between three to five years investing time would be well sited to take advantage of the property market. "In three years times a lot of austerity programs in Europe will be just about finished, the economy will be recovering so consumers spending and ...

Super fund returns fall again to 5 per cent

PRESS RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2011
... just 1.3 and 2.3 per cent per annum respectively. This time last year super funds were averaging 19 per cent, nearly four-times what they are doing today. "The good news in this sea of gloom is that long term 10 year returns while being tolerable at ...

Super fund returns fall again to 5 per cent

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2011
... just 1.3 and 2.3 per cent per annum respectively. This time last year super funds were averaging 19 per cent, nearly four-times what they are doing today. "The good news in this sea of gloom is that long term 10 year returns while being tolerable at ...