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APRA post super assets at $1.23tr

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 10 SEP 2010
Superannuation assets fell by $31.3 billion for the June quarter, according to APRA's latest Quarterly Superannuation Performance report. Total assets declined by 2.5 per cent ($31.3 billion) during the June quarter while performance rate of super assets ...

Rewind and replay

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 SEP 2010
Nothing new. It's the same old song. If only this space allows for instant replay, it would be easier to ask you to rewind, then simply playback my past ruminations. Wall Street inched up overnight, but not so convincingly. So why is this? Why? Why? ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 SEP 2010
The Australian stock market has received a mixed lead from offshore markets, after Wall Street closed higher but oil and metals prices fell. At 0737 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was 19 points higher at ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 SEP 2010
The Australian stock market was higher at noon, led by strength across banking and finance stocks. At 1202 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 40.8 points, or 0.9 per cent, at 4,578 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index had risen 39.6 ...

Good jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 SEP 2010
"Girl on a swing, swing high Girl on a swing, swing low... She comes with the light Then goes with the night..." Gerry & the Pacemakers must be looking into Wall Street 2010 when they sang this tune back in 1966. "Girl on a swing, swing high." The S&P ...

Investors plough $7bn to commercial property

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 3 SEP 2010
Overseas investors and super funds buoyed the commercial property sector in the year to June, accounting for $6.88 billion or more than 54 per cent of all sales. According to latest figures from property researcher Atchison Consulting, the majority ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2010
The Australian stock market was more than 1.5 per cent higher at noon as stronger than expected economic growth in Australia boost local shares. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 73.7 points, or 1.67 per cent, at 4,477.9 points, while ...

Subscriber-pays ratings approach more critical: van Eyk

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2010
Research houses that are not paid by fund managers for their product ratings are 2.4 times more likely to critically assess the performance of those managers, said van Eyk chief executive, Mark Thomas. In a speech to the Rainmaker Marketing Symposium ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2010
Offshore trading overnight has delivered poor leads to the Australian market on Tuesday. Wall Street reversed Friday's gains, although metals were flat to higher. Oil fell. European markets were lower, too. At 0743 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 30 AUG 2010
The Australian market has received strong, positive leads from offshore trading on Friday night, boosted by assurances from US Federal Reserve on its preparedness to stimulate the US economy. All key indices were higher, as were the main commodities. ...