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Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 SEP 2014
... firmed 12 cents to $33.40, Commonwealth Bank had added 23 cents to $81.49 and Westpac was three cents higher at $34.61. The big miners were also in positive territory after experiencing significant falls over recent days, as the iron ore price dropped. ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2014
... investors practice caution ahead of the latest economic data from China. Most sectors of the market were lower, although the big mining companies were higher, despite further falls in the price of iron ore. CMC Markets sales trader Niall King said local ...

Super fees drop as fund war rolls on

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2014
... returns. NGS Super chief executive Anthony Rodwell-Ball admitted that industry funds "are going to struggle" to compete with the big four banks' scale and distribution channels. He said that their marketing capacity "is more than just advertising; it's ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2014
... prices cause significant falls in the mining sector. The healthcare sector was also lower, but miners were the main drag, with big companies like Fortescue and Newcrest, and smaller firms including Perseus Mining and Regis Resources, suffering heavy ...

Planners keen to leave big dealer groups

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2014
Increasing numbers of financial planners are expressing interest in moving away from the big vertically integrated dealer groups, according to netwealth Advice Group's head of advice Simon Micallef. "Since February the netwealth Advice Group has had ...

Who will buy NAB Asset Servicing?

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2014
... months on, has there been any progress? The short answer is, nothing concrete; but rumours are circulating that a couple of the big players - namely State Street and BNP Paribas - are interested, and that State Street has already made an unsuccessful ...

Big four fail in cross-selling retail super funds

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2014
Australia's big four banks are failing to cross-sell their retail superannuation products to their existing banking customers, the latest Roy Morgan research shows. Each of the banks is capturing less than 20% of their customers' superannuation balances ...

Advertising won't grow membership, super funds told

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2014
Spending big on advertising may build brand awareness, but it has no effect on membership growth, according to research by CoreData. In a comprehensive study of how consumers view super funds, CoreData found that focusing on fees and services is a surer ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2014
The share market is flat as gains by the big four banks offset weakness in the resources sector. Morgans private client adviser Alistair McCorquodale said the market was holding up well given a weak lead from Wall Street. The mining sector's weakness ...

No drama at the RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2014
... the Board of the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) meets today to deliberate on monetary policy settings apropos (wooh-hoo, big word) for Australia given current domestic and international dynamics. Pardon moi if you read otherwise, but as far and as wide ...