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Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2013
... 1.19 per cent to 6,344.12 points on Thursday, despite improved services sector data that raised hopes of Britain avoiding a third recession in five years, according to analysts. The widely tracked index had lost 1.08 per cent on Wednesday. Frankfurt's ...

Most equity investors upping overseas exposure: survey

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2013
More than half of active Aussie share investors want to increase their exposure to international stocks but are held back by a lack of knowledge and available research, according to a new survey conducted by Skaffold. The equity research company, which ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2013
... first Bank of Japan (BoJ) policy meeting under new leadership to see if fresh easing measures aimed at boosting the world's third biggest economy meet market expectations. The new BoJ head Haruhiko Kuroda has vowed "bold" monetary easing, while the bank ...

Super election infighting intensifies

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2013
Superannuation is hotting up as one of the most emotive battlegrounds on which the Federal election will be fought. A new survey from Sunsuper, published last week, finds that more than two-thirds of Australians (68%) believe that superannuation will ...

No end in sight for renminbi rally

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2013
... of the underlying economy and the credibility of the currency itself. It is progressing steadily towards fulfilling the third criteria, which is openness and financial-market depth," explained Briscoe. Internationalising the currency is one of the goals ...

Super funds eye World Bank Green Bonds: Nikko AM

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2013
... it would buy the paper back. While the strategy, which is domiciled in Japan and Luxembourg, is only just celebrating its third anniversary, it has already grown to more than $3 billion in funds under management. "Our first unit holders were almost exclusively ...

Gary Clifford awarded Trustee of the Year at CMSF

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2013
Gary Clifford, a board member of the Western Australia Fire and Emergency Services Super was awarded Trustee of the Year at the Conference of Major Superannuation Funds (CMSF) that kicked off yesterday in Brisbane. Clifford has been a member of the ...

Super needs to forget about politics

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2013
Superannuation has to move away from the daily political noise and adopt a long term approach, AustralianSuper CEO Ian Silk said yesterday at the AIST's Conference of Major Super Funds in Brisbane. "Superannuation tax concessions are costing over $30 ...

Shortage of reliable Aussie income products

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2013
... Australian financial services industry to rethink portfolio construction for retirees. He suggests something in the region of a third allocated to equity income, a third in real assets such as infrastructure investments and the remaining third in fixed ...

Super members fail to top-up amid 'perfect storm'

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2013
... retirement age in order to meet their lifestyle goals (51.6 per cent - up from 48.7 per cent the previous year), only one third of respondents (32.1 per cent) said that they are making extra contributions. "There remains a clear disconnect between people's ...