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Target setting works for super funds

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 24 JAN 2012
... fund options from 1995-2010, the research showed that over a 15 year period DB funds have outperformed DC or accumulation plans in Australia by an average of 0.57% p.a. PIMCO said this annual gap equaled to a 9.1% greater return of the 15 year period ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 JAN 2012
... quarter results. In Australia, the market on Monday closed weaker as investors awaited an outcome to Greek debt restructure plans, with eurozone finance ministers scheduled to meet later on Monday. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 14.5 points ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2012
... confidence in the sector. Westpac led the big four higher, adding 0.9 per cent to $20.775 as reports surfaced that the bank plans to issue its first swathe of covered bonds to raise funds in the domestic market. Commonwealth Bank of Australia rose 0.7 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2012
... Asian markets mostly rose, tracking gains on Wall Street amid positive US economic data and International Monetary Fund plans to boost its coffers for crisis fighting. But the Australian dollar took a hit after a mixed jobs report disappointed markets. ...

Aberdeen strategy team changes

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2012
... his newly-created role as he will be spending a significant period of his time in Australia. The firm said there were no plans to find a local fund manager given the amount of time Elston will be spending locally. Standard & Poor's Fund Services ratings ...

US planners want retirement product simplicity

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2012
... income planning product while systematic withdrawal was deemed the most effective in helping clients maintain retirement plans and lifestyle. The US Financial Planning Association (US FPA) has released a study of 595 planners rating retirement planning ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2012
... energy shares up 0.5 per cent, while news that Greece's debt talks are progressing and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) plans to boost its lending firepower for Europe buoyed risk appetite. News that closely watched investment bank Goldman Sachs ...

Morgan Stanley completes Orchard purchase

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JAN 2012
... entity and executive director of OCIL, while Dennis Wildenburg has been made a non-executive director at OCIlL. MSREI also plans to rebrand the Orchard business early this year. Under the deal first announced in November, MSREI agreed to recapitalise ...

FSU slams banking sector cost cutting plans

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 17 JAN 2012
... justified. Reports today claim thousands of bank jobs could be on the line over the next two years as part of major cost cutting plans. At the end of last week ANZ confirmed that it would be slashing numbers, with union officials predicting this number ...

IOOF boosts active management, lowers fees

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 16 JAN 2012
IOOF has announced plans to increase the exposure of its Multi Series Balanced Trust to active management while lowering its fees to 0.55% in a spate of upgrades for the trust. Part of the recently launched Pursuit Focus platform, the upgrades to the ...