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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUN 2010
The Australian market has received mixed leads from overnight trading offshore, with major Wall Street indices all lower, but precious metals and copper were higher. Oil, too, fell. At 0748 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price ...

The art of war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUN 2010
And so it came to pass... a revaluation that's not a revaluation, greater yuan flexibility that's not. Just as you've read on this space yesterday, "experts" were falling all over themselves - and then some - euphorically welcoming China's revaluation ...

Fee-for-service advice made easy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2010
A financial services research firm has come up with a simple step-by-step process that allows financial planning dealer groups to find out the cost of providing fee for service advice. Business Health's six step process begins with determining what ...

DiNapoli slams raid rumours

MEDIA RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2010
New York's State Comptroller, Thomas P. DiNapoli, has issued a statement condemning press reports that he will allow New York's $150 billion-plus pension fund to balance the state budget. "There have been a number of outrageous and unfounded rumors ...

Planners advising ETFs double

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2010
The number of planners advising on exchange traded funds has doubled in the last year - a trend that looks set to continue as investors pump more funds into the sector. New figures from the Investment Trends December 2009 ETF Report has found that 38,000 ...

Retirees brush off volatility to hold equities long term

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2010
Retirees might want less risk in their investment portfolios, but many tend to brush away recent market fluctuations to maintain a strong bias towards equities, new figures show. When asked whether market fluctuations have meant that retirees prefer ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2010
The Australian share market remained higher at noon as investors followed positive offshore leads rather than focus on ongoing concerns about the resources tax and European debt. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 55.3 points, or 1.25 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2010
The Australian share market has received positive leads from the offshore trading session overnight, after Wall Street closed firmer and commodities prices rose. At 0730 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index contract was up ...

Tide turns in industry vs retail fund performance

APRA RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUN 2010
The latest APRA superannuation performance figures suggest a reversal of fortunes in super land, with retail funds returning nearly 21 per cent over the year to March, ahead of industry funds' 16 per cent. Prudential watchdog APRA released its latest ...

Korea's big four dominate pensions

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUN 2010
The top four service providers in Korea administer around half of all funded corporate pension assets in the country, and account for KRW 7 trillion of assets, according to Towers Watson's Korea Pension Report. The new report covers 53 service providers ...