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Funds resist SG "me too" pension scheme

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2009
... surveyed said a star fund manager will always be a big draw and a lower 26 per cent ranked risk management and lower fund costs above fund manager profile.

Irrationally exuberant greater fool

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2009

Gen insurance posts 61pc fall in NPAT

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2009
... was "not material" if set against the context of the GFC. He said the industry's average capital coverage is still well above the minimum coverage required by APRA for individual insurers.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2009
... industrial average rose 33 points. On Monday, the blue chips jumped 115 points and the Standard & Poor's 500 index nosed above 1000 for the first time in nine months. Tuesday's mostly upbeat economic data helped prevent the market's pause from turning ...

V still likely

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2009
... rose for a fifth straight month to 46.3 in July. There is better news across the North Sea, where the UK PMI has broken above the 50 mark, rising to 50.8 in July - the highest level since March 2008. This is good news all around. But there's better news ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2009
... cent, to 4270.5. NEW YORK - The Standard & Poor's 500 index is four digits again. The widely used stock market measure broke above 1000 on Monday for the first time in nine months as reports on manufacturing, housing and banking sent investors more signals ...

Super still a great investment despite impact of GFC: Bowen

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2009
... remarkable recovery since December when they were facing returns as low as -21 per cent. Long term returns are considerably above inflation, noted the researcher. "While in the last year or two, global economic conditions have had a significant impact ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2009
... Group Ltd will hold its annual general meeting. On Tuesday, the Australian sharemarket posted its eighth consecutive close above 4000 points, spurred on by financial stocks and the continuing run of stronger investor sentiment. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 ...

Retirement adequacy beats market slump

MICHELLE BALTAZAR AND RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2009
... shows that the numbers are projected over a 40-year timeframe. The forecast also factors in changing age pension figures and above-average contributions, which held steady at 12.5 per cent (higher than the minimum 9 per cent SG). "Superannuation assets ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2009
... strong day for corporate earnings as signs that the economic slide may be ending. The Dow Jones Industrial Average vaulted above 9,000 for the first time since early January, gaining 188.03 points, or 2.12 per cent, to 9069.29, the best close for blue ...