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FTSE and ASFA set after-tax world alight

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2009
Index provider FTSE and the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) have created a series of indices that will, for the first time, compare fund manager performance on an after-tax basis, following calls from super fund trustees that ...

G-20 reasons to be hopeful

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2009
A summit to have another summit. If anything, this was the consensus reached at the 4-5 September G-20 meeting in London whose finance ministers and central bankers continue to disagree to agree. But whereas the previous two meetings - November 2008 ...

The Venus solution

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2009
Like everywhere else around the globe, Japan's equity markets have rebounded from the extreme pessimism that marked the low point of the global financial crisis back in March 2009. At the end of August, the Nikkei-225 index has risen by 48.7 per cent ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2009
The Australian share market has received strong, positive leads from overseas markets overnight, with all major overseas stock indices higher. At 0810 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was 13 points higher ...

State Super members hungry for advice

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2009
More than two out of five members of the $29 billion State Super have sought financial planning advice in the last two years, the fund's membership survey shows. State Super, which had $29 billion in funds under management at the end of June according ...

Chartwell execs face criminal charges

ASIC RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2009
Two executives of Chartwell Enterprises are facing a combined 243 charges brought by ASIC for the $60 million collapse of the Geelong-based investment firm. Queensland police yesterday arrested the former executive of collapsed investment firm Chartwell ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2009
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open modestly higher on Wednesday, after US markets rose to a nine-month high overnight, consolidating recent gains, and the prices of metals gained. At 0713 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2009
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open higher on Friday after gains in equities in the US, Europe and Asia overnight, and in commodities. At 0719 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was 33 points higher ...

Fed brawn, RBA brains

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2009
... market. Remember yesterday's new homes sales report? The S&P/Case-Shiller home price index rose by 0.5 per cent in May from April - the first increase since July of 2006 and the biggest rise since May of the same year. This furthers the view that the ...

Progressive trumps all with simple strategy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2009
Keeping it simple has worked for Sydney-based Progressive Superannuation Plan. The fund's balanced option has beaten most of its larger well-known peers in the same category by 3 per cent over a five-year period to May. Rainmaker SelectingSuper data ...