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Super asset changes deliver positive return

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2012
The SelectingSuper workplace default option index rose slightly during June 2012, tipping super funds into positive territory for 2011-12 with an annual return of +0.5%. While sitting below inflation, the silver lining is in the contrast with the -7% ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 AUG 2012
The Australian share market is flat with cautious investors waiting to see how the European Central Bank (ECB) will spur euro zone economic growth. At 1045 AEST on Thursday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 2.1 points, or 0.05 per cent, at 4,264.9 ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2012
The Australian sharemarket has opened slightly lower as investors wait to see if stimulus measures will be introduced in Europe and the US. At 1014 AEST on Wednesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 5.6 points, or 0.13 per cent, at 4,263.6 ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 31 JUL 2012
The Australian sharemarket has opened higher as investors increase their exposure to risk while waiting to see if stimulus measures in Europe and the US will spark growth. At 1019 AEST on Tuesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 13.2 points, or ...

AMP Capital, Macquarie internalise infra JV

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 31 JUL 2012
AMP Capital, Macquarie Capital Group and DUET Group have agreed to internalise the management of DUET - an ASX-listed investor in regulated energy utility assets in Australia. DUET was established in June 2003 as wholesale unit trusts. In August 2004 ...

SSgA launches two fixed income ETFs

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 30 JUL 2012
State Street Global Advisors has launched two fixed income exchange traded funds that will offer investors easier access to the Australian bond market. The new ETFs are the State Street Global Advisors' (SSgA) SPDR S&P(R)/ASX Australian Bond Fund and ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 30 JUL 2012
The Australian sharemarket has opened more than three-quarters of a per cent higher after the head of the European Central Bank (ECB) said it would do everything possible to preserve the euro. At 1016 AEST on Friday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2012
The Australian sharemarket has opened more than three-quarters of a per cent higher after the head of the European Central Bank (ECB) said it would do everything possible to preserve the euro. At 1016 AEST on Friday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was ...

Redundancies tipped at Plan B

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2012
Job cuts are predicted at Perth-based boutique wealth manager Plan B, if IOOF's proposed bid is successful. The Plan B board has unanimously recommended that shareholders accept the IOOF offer for 60 cents per ordinary share, in an off-market takeover ...

ASX partners with SGX on futures

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2012
... consolidated a lot of the attractive traders to us in one physical location," said David Raper, general manager trade execution at ASX "The traders that we are interested in or that would be interested in our market are all in one physical location so ...