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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2013
The Australian market looks set to open lower after mixed results on Wall Street following the release of the Federal Reserve's policy meeting minutes that signalled the central bank aims to unwind its stimulus measures earlier than thought. At 0820 ...

Challenger stages lifetime annuities comeback

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2013
Lifetime annuities could be staging a dramatic comeback with Challenger targeting sales of $240 million in the 2013 financial year. According to figures from Plan For Life, the industry has not seen demand of that size since 2004, when the top six companies ...

Advisers open to double allocation to global equities

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2013
An industry spot poll found that financial advisers are open to switching from a 70:30 split on their domestic versus global equities allocation to a 50:50 following a well-argued case on the merits of investing more offshore. Attended by more than ...

Mergers likely for Media Super

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2012
Sounding out possible mergers with corporate superannuation funds used by media and publishing companies will be a focus for Media Super's incoming chief executive. Yesterday the $3 billion industry fund for the media and publishing sectors announced ...

RMB to be used in a third of china deals by 2015

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2012
Most China corporations expect one in three of all Chinese trades to be done in Renminbi by 2015, said a survey by HSBC. HSBC also found that 30% (of China businesses) plan to use RMB for investment-related purposes in the next 12 months. Half of all ...

Upside from frontier markets untapped: Feriani

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2012
When the tide turns on an economic climate that cultivates negativity, a lot more investment will find its way to a basket of frontier markets currently overlooked by emerging market index providers. That's the view of Dr Slim Feriani, chief executive ...

Treasury paper ignores responsibility: ACFS

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2012
... so via structuring of business arrangements. Notably, Davis said, "there is no discussion of whether there might be any merit in prescribing limitations on allowable group structures (and interrelationships) involving prudentially regulated institutions ...

More innovation needed on 'demand side' infra opps: ASFA

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2012
... whether to invest in additional road capacity, principally through the East-West Link. But, Noble says: "While there is merit in governments investing in additional capacity, from an opportunity cost perspective if there are alternatives that can achieve ...

Lonsec urges advisers to revisit EMs

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2012
After a "brutal" year for emerging market investors, things might be looking up, said research house Lonsec. It has been a rocky ride for emerging market investors over the past 12 months, with "true believers in the merits of an expending emerging ...

Trust tax reform can be split

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 31 JUL 2012
... David Bradbury's announcement yesterday of a further delay to tax reform for trusts has sparked debate over the relative merit of using the same timetable for a number of reform strands. Speaking at a CPA Australia lunch yesterday, Bradbury said it is ...