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Last-minute Stronger Super reprieve averts "ludicrous situation"

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2013
While the majority of the Stronger Super reforms now apply, the government has deferred two of its last-minute measures, after many in the industry said it was impossible to comply. The first measure to be deferred is the product dashboard for MySuper ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2013
Australian stocks have pulled back sharply as the volatile start to the new financial year continues. The market was more than 1.3 per cent lower in early trade on Wednesday, wiping away some of the $27 billion gains posted in the previous day's session. ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2013
After sharp falls in its previous session, the Australian market looks set to open flat following gains on US and European bourses on encouraging manufacturing data out of Europe. At 0813 AEST on Tuesday, the September share price index futures contract ...

AMP targets SMSFs for infrastructure and property funds

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2013
AMP Capital is launching a website as part of a new marketing campaign aimed at encouraging self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) investors to branch out into infrastructure and non-residential property. While residential property is a popular investment ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2013
The Australian market looks set to open higher following a Wall Street surge after investors took weak economic data as a sign the Federal Reserve would maintain its aggressive bond-buying program, and after Labor dumped Julia Gillard as leader. At ...

Oh how welcome thy voice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2013
Times like these, I can't tell if the financial market commentariat are just thick or simply plain stupid. Wall Street's up last night - and big time at that - because one 'clever' writer put it down to better than expected US data releases...and the ...

Super investors scrutinise companies over LDC working conditions

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2013
ASX-listed companies are being asked to confront poor working conditions in 'least developed countries' (LDCs), with the release of a paper by the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) entitled 'Labour and Human Rights Risks in Supply-Chain ...

Russell appoints three to actuarial team

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2013
Russell Investments has expanded its actuarial consulting team with three new senior appointments. Louise Campbell has been promoted to director and head of actuarial, while new hires Bill Buttler and Margaret O'Halloran join as director and senior ...

China's rebalancing act

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2013
Uh-oh, looks like it's still "not safe... very dangerous, be careful". Just when the Fed's started to deploy some official to unwind the fear that Bernanke's "tapering soon" rhetoric created, along comes China. New York Fed president Bill Dudley remarked ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2013
The Australian market looks set to open lower following sharp falls on international markets amid concern over the emergence of a liquidity crisis in China and the withdrawal of US Federal Reserve stimulus. At 08088 AEST on Tuesday, the September share ...