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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2009
The Australian market is expected to open higher following positive leads from Wall Street, with oil also higher, although precious metals were lower. At 0822 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March SPI futures index was 27 points higher at 3,480. ...

Capping fees is not the answer

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2009
Senator Nick Sherry may be very vocal about the need to slash superannuation fees from an average 1.25 per cent to below one per cent but he said legislating a fees cap is out of the question. "I'm not an advocate of fee caps. I don't think that's appropriate ...

Gung Hay Fat Choy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2009
... Chinese economy need to grow by at least 8 per cent to keep its workers in jobs and avoid social instability. How this figure was arrived at is beyond me. Perhaps the same way as former US Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson arrived at his US$700 billion ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2009
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open lower after US equities declined on a disappointing result at Microsoft Corp and increasing concerns about America's banks. At 0804 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March SPI futures index was 24 ...

Investor knowledge fuels SMSF growth

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2009
The growth of SMSFs is holding steady amid the market downturn, according to the SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA). SPAA chief executive Andrea Slattery, said the number of SMSFs established has remained constant between 2,500 to 3,000 ...

Confidence yardstick rises

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2009
... million transactions per year from more than 45 countries. This month, the index rose by 12.1 points to 60.3. This aggregate figure was pushed up by North American investors whose confidence increased by a high 21.2 points, up from a record low of 30.6 ...

LGSS fixes pricing error

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2009
... diversified option for the fund's accumulation and executive schemes incorrectly stated a loss of 7.26 per cent, with the correct figure being a loss of 7.79 per cent. Another example is the fund's balanced option for its account-based pension plan members ...

Shariah-compliant hedge funds hit the spot

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2009
... investment arms, including the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, have more than US$900 billion in assets to invest and manage. The figure will keep rising as the region prepares to become less reliant on oil and gas-related revenues. Shariah-compliant ...

Cognacs and chocolates

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2009
... per cent drop. This is the first time on record that retail spending posted six consecutive month-on-month declines. The figure was much worse if car purchases were excluded (underlying retail sales). This was down 3.1 per cent - the sharpest monthly ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2009
The Australian stock market is expected to open flat after US stocks closed mixed on Tuesday. At 0816 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March Share Price Index futures contract was steady at 3,623. In economic news today, the Australian Bureau ...