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Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2013
... finished lower in New York trading. Making news, Wesfarmers said total sales at Coles supermarkets rose 6.4 per cent in the third quarter. Wesfarmers was up 29 cents at $21.18, while Woolworths, which last week reported quarterly sales growth of 2.5 ...

One third of SMSF advice is poor: ASIC

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2013
An ASIC report examining the quality of financial advice received by self managed super fund (SMSF) trustees and potential trustees has found that while most advice quality is adequate, there is a trend towards recommending SMSFs as the default solution. ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2013
... Bank of Queensland and Australian Pharmaceutical Industries publish their interim results, while Wesfarmers will release third quarter retail sales figures. On Wednesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index rose 1.09 per cent to 5004.6 points, while the broader ...

Kenyon Prendeville case could be referred to ASIC

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2013
... creditors at the time, Vasudevan said. Prendeville said that he found out about Kenyon's activities in 2010 by appointing a third investigator and stated that this was the reason for the closure of the Kenyon Prendeville's business. "I have been working ...

Major reshuffle in insurance league tables

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 15 APR 2013
... share with an annual growth of 6.2% and total risk premium inflows of $1.7 billion. CommInsure also was able to hold its third position in the last two years with its market share being 13.3% in 2012 at an annual growth of 13.1%.

ASIC targets SMSF confidence tricksters

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2013
... regulation. None of us want that." Recent data from Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) showed that around a third of all superannuation assets are now held in more than 470,000 SMSFs on behalf of about a million members. Last year, ASIC ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2013
... Thursday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics is due to release its jobs figures. In equity news, Woolworths will deliver its third quarter sales results. At the close on Wednesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index lost 8.8 points to 4,968. The broader ...

Vietnam an attractive fit for family offices

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2013
... government, Dragon Capital, is to meet with 25 family offices in Sydney and Melbourne this week. This is the fund manager's third trip to Australia in five years and represents a change in strategy. The fund previously devoted attention to superannuation ...

Canadian pension funds flock to Aussie infra

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2013
... Canadian investment in Australian property and infrastructure has risen dramatically in recent years, with Australia now the third largest global destination for Canadian direct investment abroad (excluding tax havens). According to The Trust Company's ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2013
... data that came in far below expectations. The Labor Department reported the US added only 88,000 nonfarm jobs in March, a third of the February gain and the slowest jobs growth in nine months. Employment growth tanked far below the average analyst estimate ...