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Fees drive super switchers

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2007
A new survey from the Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) has stated the majority of people who switch funds do so due to brand power and fees. The survey, titled 'Super Decisions: Communicating with Customers and Effective Disclosure' ...

Home sweet home

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2007
Global markets seem to regaining some dignity after the sub-prime scrum and even the Dow and the S&P have managed to dust themselves off a little. However the same cannot be said for America's housing market. While Australian's are struggling with record ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2007
The Australian sharemarket remained stronger at noon, with the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 again knocking on the door of record highs. At 1203 AEST, the S&P/ASX200 index was up 54.7 points to 6412.6 and the All Ordinaries had found 54.4 points to 6425.6. ...

Insto investors down but not out

A leading barometer on investor confidence has found that a lower number of institutions were bullish about the equities markets over the last month. The State Street Investor Confidence index analyses the buying and selling patterns of institutional ...

Super fund inflows reach record highs

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2007
Australians pumped record sums into their superannuation funds over the June quarter, with $72 billion in total inflows marking the largest quarterly increase in history, according to the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA). ASFA ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2007
The Australian sharemarket remained flat at noon, with investors treading cautiously as the market awaits the US Federal Reserve's announcement on interest rates tomorrow night. At 1206 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index had fallen 38.1 points, or ...

Aus and India in free trade talks

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2007
In a historic development, the Australian and Indian government have signed a joint feasibility study to explore the potential benefits of a free trade agreement between the two countries. Preliminary results from the study found India has the fourth ...

Fidelity lures Doherty from Perpetual

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2007
Fidelity Investments has announced Perpetual's wealth management group executive Gerard Doherty will join as managing director from January 2008. Doherty leaves after nearly 15 years at Perpetual. He was headhunted by Fidelity after the resignation ...

Aussie super funds leap into top 300

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 SEP 2007
Recent spectacular growth has pushed eight Australian superannuation funds into the Global 300 list, according to a new Watson Wyatt survey. Local funds grew at 68 per cent per annum in local currency terms over a three-year period, while US funds grew ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2007
The Australian sharemarket remained sharply lower at noon, following falls in US stocks amid fears that the world's biggest economy could be heading for a recession. At 1215 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index fell 112.8 points, or 1.8 per cent, to ...