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PE outperforms ASX and super funds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2014
... injection of capital and skills. The 10- to 15-year returns demonstrate how investors with long-term horizons have been the big winners from this asset class," said El-Ansary. Release of the report is the latest step in AVCAL trying to encourage institutional ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2014
The share market has recovered most of its early losses to be relatively flat. The big miners remain in negative territory amid heavy falls in the iron ore price, but gains by several industrial and energy stocks, as well as Telstra, are offsetting ...

Jeremy Cooper: Rethinking retirement

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2014
... inflation risk or longevity risk. The proposition we're putting is, if you're not a former politician and you haven't got a big fat inflation-adjusted defined benefit pension, you need something else to cover off on longevity and inflation. You need ...

In with the old, out with the new

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2014
Move on folks, nothing to see here... go git! Trading activity on Wall Street while we slept was a big wide-opened yawn, but I can't help myself asking "what the fudge?" Just one day before, the financial media was abuzzed with rationales upon rationales ...

No clear case for independent trustee quota: Towers Watson

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2014
The case for the compulsory appointment of independent trustees to the boards of superannuation funds has not yet been made, according a new paper by Towers Watson. The paper comes as the government considers mandating that independent directors comprise ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2014
The Australian share market has opened on a positive note, led by the big banks, after an encouraging lead from the United States. IG market strategist Stan Shamu said US markets had risen on Tuesday following some good economic data, and the optimism ...

CBA leads on client satisfaction despite planning scandals

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2014
... Commonwealth Bank's (CBA) financial planning unit have not affected its clients' satisfaction, which is the highest of the big four banks. Clients rated their satisfaction with CBA advisers at 84.2% in the year to March 2014, a Roy Morgan survey revealed. ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2014
The Australian share market is expected to open slightly higher this week on the back of gains in global markets. AMP chief economist Shane Oliver is tipping a lift of five to 10 points at the local open. The S&P 500 finished the week above 1,900 for ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2014
The Australian share market has opened higher after markets in the United States lifted overnight and iron ore prices stabilised. CMC Markets chief market analyst Ric Spooner said investors were feeling positive on the back of mostly encouraging manufacturing ...

Global healing?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2014
Yes, no, maybe... I don't know. It's another happy day for the stock markets, hoisted up by the news du jour of positive indications from the latest PMI survey readings. Yes. The Markit Economics index of US manufacturing rose to a flash reading of ...