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Cost of living outpacing retirement incomes

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2011
... rising costs of living, new figures have confirmed. Costs climbed by 1.3% in the March quarter this year from the December quarter 2010, according to the Association of Super Funds Australia (ASFA) Retirement Standard figures. Figures show that a retired ...

AMP wins $113m new mandate

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2011
... Chaser report, there was $246.4 billion worth of funds under management invested in international equities in the December quarter last year. This was only beaten by the $372.8 billion that was allocated to Australian equities, the report said. Financial ...

GDP down no reason to frown

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAY 2011
... around a 0.3 per cent dip in real GDP in the first three months of this year - down from plus 0.7 per cent in the December quarter - for a year-on-year growth rate of 1.8 per cent. But what's this? Financial markets still expect an RBA rate hike sometime ...

Bad news is good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2011
... March quarter - nearly twice the 0.5 per cent slump markets expected - following a 0.8 per cent slump in the December quarter. Australian equities also ignored Moody's Investors Services downgraded long-term debt of CBA, Westpac, NAB and ANZ from Aa1 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2011
... 1.79 million barrels of oil equivalent (MMBOE) in the first quarter of calendar 2011, down four per cent on the December quarter. Computershare's shares surged 68 cents, or 7.61 per cent, to $9.61 on its acquisition of The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation's ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 APR 2011
... economics news on Monday, the Housing Industry Association and RP Data release the residential land report for the December quarter 2010. In equities news, Woolworths Ltd will report their third quarter sales results in Sydney. In Australia on Friday ...

Pooled funds lose cash

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 APR 2011
... watchers said yesterday. According to Rainmaker research, $86.4 billion dollars flowed into bank deposits in the December quarter last year, compared with $40.8 billion in the September quarter. At the same time managed fund inflows fell, along with ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAR 2011
... - The New Zealand share market was firm as the NZ dollar rallied on news that a recession was averted in the December quarter. The benchmark NZX-50 index on Thursday closed up 11.45 points, or 0.33 per cent, at 3387.245. Turnover was worth $121.99 million. ...

Super assets reach $1.32tr

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2011
... small part of the sector and accounted for only 0.2 per cent of total assets. The figures do show that in the December quarter, industry funds, corporate funds and SMSFs grew their assets by roughly the same amount, which were 3.7 per cent, 3.6 per cent ...

Retail bank deposits hit $62bn in Dec qtr

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2011
... post-GFC austerity wave, consumers are flocking to retail deposit accounts with $62 billion deposited in the December quarter alone. The surge pushed bank deposit holdings to $1.5 trillion, 15 per cent more than the total value of Australian superannuation ...