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Retirement incomes lead FUM growth

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2015
... recorded a 20% rise to $39.2 billion. Among the MySuper and default investment options, DEXX&R showed that in the March quarter a decrease from 27% to 26% of total FUM continued to be held in default options. Other default investment options including ...

ASX lower for fourth day

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2015
... provided the confidence boost many had hoped for, despite showing a better than expected 0.9 per cent growth during the March quarter. Among the major banks, the Commonwealth was down one cent to $81.56, while ANZ lost 11 cents to $31.18, Westpac was ...

Banks lead Australian market lower

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2015
... released on Wednesday had not had a great impact on the market. Australia's economy grew by 0.9 per cent in the March quarter and by 2.3 per cent over 12 months to March, official figures show. Among the banks at 1200 AEST, Commonwealth Bank had shed ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2015
... trade, iron ore prices were up 1.9 per cent, and copper and gold prices also gained ground. Locally on Wednesday, March quarter gross domestic product figures are due out and the Australian Industry Group releases its Australian Performance of Services ...

SMSFs need more investment diversity: FinaMetrica

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2015
... (ABS) and Australian Tax Office (ATO). It showed SMSFs' share holdings had jumped 10.5% to $193.1 billion in the March quarter and cash and term deposits up 1% to $157.4 billion, a new record. Co-founder of FinaMetrica, Paul Resnik, said SMSFs now account ...

Winter of our discontent

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2015
... economist Saul Eslake, has lowered his first quarter growth forecast from 0.5% to 0.3% -- the slowest since the March quarter of 2013 - and takes year-on-year growth in the local economy to 1.7% -- the least since the third quarter of 2009 (1.1%). Still ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2015
... the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases building approvals figures for April and business indicators for the March quarter. The RP Data Core Logic Home Value Index, the Australian Industry Group performance of manufacturing index and the TD Securities-Melbourne ...

The recesssion we longed to have

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2015
... recessionary'" (theage.com) The "bleak" set of numbers: Actual total private new capital expenditure dropped by 4.4% over the March quarter and 5.3% over the year. The "recessionary" set of numbers: "Estimate 2 for 2015-16 is $104,033m. This is 24.6% ...

Market set for a fairly flat open

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2015
... after the release of worse than expected capital expenditure figures. Business investment fell 4.4 per cent in the March quarter, and is expected to fall further in the coming financial year. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 12.2 points, or 0.21 per ...

Shares lower at lunch time

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2015
... speculated that the data could add weight for another cut to interest rates. Business investment fell 4.4% in the March quarter, a much larger fall than the median market forecast of 2.4%. Heffernan said the Australian dollar was weaker after the release ...