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APRA dictates investment option labels

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUN 2010
The prudential regulator has drawn a line in the sand on how super fund investment options are to be labelled and announced it will introduce risk-based criterion for how diversified investment options will in the future be categorised. The move kills ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUN 2010
The Australian share market improved slightly by noon but remained sharply lower, with heavy losses in all sectors. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 75.6 points, or 1.74 per cent, at 4,270.1 points, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

452 Capital returns 32pc in Morgan's absence

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUN 2010
452 Capital's Australian share strategy posted more than 32 per cent in gross returns, just slightly above its benchmark, while co-founder Peter Morgan remains on extended leave for health reasons. Morgan, who also acts as an investment director, has ...

New benchmarks for better retirement: ASFA

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUN 2010
The Westpac ASFA Retirement Standard, which gives Australians a good indication of how much they need to save for retirement, has been adjusted to factor in modern comforts that used to be nice-to-haves but are now must-haves. In the report, the new ...

Waiting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUN 2010
International equity markets' reaction to the weekend's G-20 gabfest was to be expected. They were up a little. They were down a little. Like I wrote on this space yesterday, there was something for everyone - depending on which paragraph of the G-20 ...

World peace

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 JUN 2010
The weekend's G-20 Summit in Toronto is done, but is it dusted? Their communiquA(C) had something for everyone - it contained a framework for strong, sustainable and balanced growth, something on financial sector reform, a bit on financial institutions ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 28 JUN 2010
The Australian market has received flat to mixed leads from offshore trading, with Wall Street's key indices flat, while indices were down in Europe and Asia. Precious metals traded higher, as did oil and copper. At 0759 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange ...

Australians frustrated with fin companies

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUN 2010
Australia's finance industry, including financial services, has the highest customer turnover following poor customer service, compared with telecoms, internet service providers and insurance, new research shows. A survey of 702 respondents by RightNow ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUN 2010
The Australian share market has received strongly negative leads from key indices overnight, although commodities markets were stronger, with precious metals, copper and oil all rising. At 0730 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2010
The Australian market has received flat to negative leads from overnight trading offshore. Wall Street's key indices were flat, but commodities were lower, as were European markets. At 0732 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, however, the September ...