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North American sovereigns hardest hit by oil crisis

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2015
Sovereign wealth funds in North America will suffer the biggest impacts of the sharp drop in oil prices, rather than those in oil-producing emerging markets. Invesco's Global Sovereign Asset Management Study shows that the majority (80%) of North American ...

Market to open flat

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2015
... 1.1 per cent gain projected by analysts. Bill Lynch, director of investment at Hinsdale Associates, said the report was a "big positive." Several retail stocks advanced, including, Macy's (+0.6 per cent), Target (+0.5 per cent) and Williams-Sonoma (+0.7 ...

BOJ in (tactical) retreat

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2015
... starting to lay the golden egg? My sense is that the BOJ does not want to push the issue further lest Uncle Sam brings out the big guns and brand it a currency manipulator. The BOJ has done this before. It verbally intervened - warning about the excessive ...

Better than the big boys

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2015
... Treasurer Joe Hockey's "foot in mouth disease" and you don't want to read no more, no more, no more. But I digress. It's May's big bounce in Australian business confidence and conditions, helped delivered by Smokin' Joe before his ailment recurred. Here ...

Market to open flat

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2015
... points, or 0.49 per cent, at 5,479.7 points. NEW YORK - Wall Street stocks have finished a choppy session little-changed as a big General Electric asset sale offset worries about spiking US treasury yields. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 2.51 ...

Sunsuper and AFA partner for advice

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2015
... professional development of their members, particularly in the area of behavioural finance," she said. "We believe that is an area of big opportunity for advisers to deepen their relationships with their clients and we are looking forward to contributing." ...

Super non-compliance endemic: ATO

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2015
Australian employers' not paying compulsory superannuation led to a national debt of more than $1 billion last year and the bill is climbing 12% annually. The figures come from a recent Australian National Audit Office report which reaffirms company ...

New kid on the block

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2015
"There's talk on the street; it sounds so familiar Great expectations, everybody's watching you... Everybody's talking 'bout the new kid in town." - Eagles Well, not quite yet Virginia but, if recent reports are confirmed there'll be a new kid in the ...

Internalisation has gone the full circle say CIOs

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2015
Superannuation funds are being further driven to internalise their operations as pressure continues in an environment working towards reducing member fees. Internalisation was a key talking point during the chief investment officer roundtable discussion ...

Shares rise after four-days of losses

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2015
... which have been beaten up so badly, who are ready to take some risks on the expectation that the market will bounce back." The big four banks and major miners were mixed at 1025 AEST. BHP Billiton dipped 10 cents to $27.99, while Rio Tinto gained 49 ...