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Super problems to short-change retirees

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2011
... were not a good inflation hedge as share markets don't like rising interest rates. In a high-inflation environment, central banks raise rates. Retirees cannot rely on "average" returns from the stockmarket, he said, where super fund members have specific ...

$14 billion looking for a home

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2011
... over two years away in August 2013 when $12 billion is set to mature. Prabhu said the expiring bonds, issued by corporates, banks and the government, would unleash new money on the market which would look for a home, putting downward pressure on credit ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2011
... Qantas gained two cents to $2.14 after its engineers called off a planned strike as part of an industrial dispute. Among the banks, ANZ was eight cents down at $22.30, Westpac has lifted 15 cents to $23.76, Commonwealth has advanced 10 cents to $51.80 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2011
... credit demand was subdued. Commonwealth Bank had climbed up 54 cents, or 1.03 per cent to $52.74 at 1028 AEST. The other banks rode on their coat-tails, with National Australia Bank up 17 cents, or 0.62 per cent, to $27.81, ANZ 27 cents stronger at $23.34 ...

China's HNWs hold $1.2tr

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2011
... objectives, they said. Foreign wealth managers seeking to access this capital should develop partnerships with local private banks because the proportion using this channel has tripled from 15 per cent in 2008 to 45 per cent now, and 85 per cent of HNWs ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2011
... and Oil Search Ltd hold annual general meetings. On Tuesday, the Australian share market closed lower, led by the major banks as investors sat on the sidelines ahead of the federal budget. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index ended 31 points lower, or 0.65 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2011
The Australian share market reversed course to trade lower by noon, dragged down by banks and investors withdrawing to the sidelines ahead of the federal budget's release on Tuesday night. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 19 points ...

Janus sifts through sectors for EM value

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 9 MAY 2011
... regional portfolios, not a LatAm sleeve, an Asia sleeve, an Africa sleeve. We are building sectors, we want to own the best banks, the best energy companies and we believe that is a scalable product for the next ten years," he said. The Janus emerging ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 MAY 2011
... bit of confidence come back into the resource sector, which has been very hard hit in the last week," Ms Spencer said. "Banks are also performing really well, on the better backdrop on the financial market and obviously that well received result from ...

Silver bullet downs market

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2011
... calling for? Lower commodity prices reduce inflationary pressures in emerging nations allowing their respective central banks to go for greater growth without overheating their economies. Lower commodity prices increase consumers' spending power in the ...