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Female SMSF trustees narrow gender gap

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 23 JAN 2012
Nearly half of all SMSF members are women, which is helping to reduce the gender gap in retirement savings according to Australia's peak SMSF body. Pointing to recently released figures from the tax office that reveal 46% of SMSF trustees are female ...

Demand for term deposits on the rise

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2012
Risk appetites are resulting in increased demand for the stable returns of term deposits within super and pension portfolios, according to MLC. The MLC MasterKey Fundamentals platform has today reported nearly $400 million in funds under administration ...

Life insurance up 11.5% to $10.2bn

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2012
Life insurance risk markets experienced a good year of growth last year, climbing 11.5% from $9.1 billion to $10.2 billion with AIA Australia taking the lion's share, according to Plan For Life data. Plan For Life recorded 11.5% growth for the 12 months ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2012
The Australian market looks set to open higher following Wall Street's positive lead. At 0756 AEDT on Friday, the March share price index futures contract was up 28 points at 4,225. No major economic or equities news is expected on Friday. In Australia ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2012
Australian shares have trimmed early gains after disappointing jobs data weighed on optimism driven by strong energy results and stronger-than-expected results from Goldman Sachs. Market-beating results from Woodside Petroleum and Santos pushed energy ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2012
The Australian market looks set to open higher after Europe finished mixed with Greece preparing to resume talks on a crucial debt write-off deal and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) saying it will raise new money to increase its financial firepower. ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JAN 2012
Australian shares have turned lower after disappointing consumer confidence data and as fresh profit downgrades from insurers and retailers weigh on the market. Shares in Wesfarmers were largely flat at $30.57 after the diversified group said it expected ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JAN 2012
The Australian market looks set to open slightly lower. At 0635 AEDT on Wednesday, the March share price index futures contract was down six points at 4,180. In economic news on Wednesday, the Westpac-Melbourne Institute Survey of Consumer Sentiment ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 JAN 2012
Miners and energy stocks have added around one per cent to Australian shares after a successful French debt auction and good production results boosted risk appetite. Shares extended early gains driven by a strong sale of French treasury bills overnight ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 JAN 2012
Australian shares have opened lower after a downgrade of nine of the European bloc countries' credit ratings sparked a fresh wave of risk aversion ahead of more Chinese data this week. Standard & Poor's (S&P) on Friday stripped France and Austria of ...