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Banks' super products set to be next industry battlefield

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 12 NOV 2013
As super funds brace to differentiate their MySuper products from competitors, banks are hoping that advanced technology systems and a large pool of already existing clients will give them a head-start. "If customers already have other products with ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2013
The Australian stock market has opened higher after stronger than expected US jobs figures lifted investor sentiment on Wall Street. Commsec market analyst Steven Daghlian said the local market was following Wall Street higher on Monday in the wake ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2013
The Australian market looks set to open higher after Wall Street's strong gains following better-than-expected US jobs figures. At 0802 AEDT on Monday, the December share price index futures contract was up 55 points at 5,464. The US Labor Department ...

Tapering still some way off

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2013
Market fears of US Federal Reserve tapering are overdone and loose policy will continue as the world outside the US cannot withstand higher interest rates, according to a leading fund manager. Western Asset co-chief investment officer Ken Leech says ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2013
The Australian market has opened lower following offshore falls including on Wall St. The trend of good news for the world's biggest economy prompted a fall in stock values with better-than-expected US gross domestic product (GDP) growth of 2.8 per ...

Market Wrap

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2013
The Australian stock market has opened weaker ahead of the release of October's official employment figures. IG market strategist Stan Shamu said the local market had been weighed down by two of the big four banks, ANZ and National Australia Bank, going ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 NOV 2013
Australian stocks have started the local session on the back foot, following weakness on international markets. Commsec market analyst Steven Daghlian said the local market was in the red for the fourth time in the past five trading sessions, following ...

WA Local Government Super rebrands, gets MySuper

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 5 NOV 2013
WA Local Government Super is looking to corner the MySuper market in Western Australia after becoming the only Western Australian fund so far to be granted a MySuper licence. The fund, which until now has been exclusively for local government employees ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 NOV 2013
... well supported in overnight markets," he said. "In the London Metal Exchange market, the base metals went lower and gold and West Texas Intermediate, the oil side of things, they were basically unchanged." BHP Billiton added 46 cents, or 1.23 per cent ...

Adviser engagement becomes TPB main priority

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 5 NOV 2013
Engaging with financial advisers who provide tax advice is the Tax Practitioners Board (TPB) first priority for 2014. The TPB annual report for 2012 and 2013 reveals that the organisation has already started consultations with stakeholders, including ...