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Greater uptake in global equities: Zurich

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2012
International equities are rising in popularity among Australian advisers, a Zurich survey has found. Almost 70% of advisers surveyed reported they intend to increase their clients' allocation to international equities in the next six to 12 months. ...

Indexing reaches all time high

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2012
Indexed funds under management have enjoyed enormous popularity since the GFC, with assets outgrowing non-indexed FUM by a factor of seven to one. June 2012 saw the figure for indexed FUM climb to $238 billion - the highest ever level in Australia ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2012
SYDNEY - The Australian market is set to open higher, despite a mixed performance in overseas stocks markets. At 0835 AEST on the ASX 24, the December share price index futures contract was up 12 points at 4,417 points. The local market on finished ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2012
The Australian market is set to open higher, despite a mixed performance in overseas stocks markets. At 0835 AEST on the ASX 24, the December share price index futures contract was up 12 points at 4,417 points. The local market on finished lower on ...

Active membership in UK occupational pensions waning

MARK STORY  |  THURSDAY, 20 SEP 2012
Between 1967 and 2011 active membership in UK-based occupational pension schemes has dropped by around 30% from 12.2 million to an estimated 8.2 million, according to the Occupational Pension Schemes Survey, 2011. However, there has been an increase ...

APRA requirements welcomed by sector

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 20 SEP 2012
Both sides of the superannuation sector have welcomed revised reporting standards proposed by APRA. New proposals released by the prudential regulator yesterday aim to increase the amount of data required of super funds, bringing them in line with other ...

Lookin' for trouble

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 SEP 2012

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2012
SYDNEY - The Australian market looks set to open flat despite falls on Wall Street overnight as euphoria over the Federal Reserve's new QE3 stimulus fade amid concerns about weakness in US manufacturing and anti-American unrest in the Middle East. At ...

Q3 will work

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2012
"Is QE3 enough to save America's economy?" The Economist magazine posed this question to its readers over the weekend. So far, the nays have it - 78% of them think QE won't cut it - because according to those who commented: even Bernanke admitted that ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2012
The Australian market looks set to open higher, continuing last week's positive theme after the Federal Reserve announced fresh measures to stimulate the US economy. At 0753 AEST on Monday, the September share price index futures contract was up 20 ...