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CSIRO to study super spending habits

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2014
... could work smarter," CSIRO research leader Alan Dormer said. He explained that the way retirees spend their super makes a big difference to the type of risk they take when selecting your investment options. As part of the $9 million initiative, the Melbourne-based ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2014
... hunting is kicking in," he said. The gains were spread across all of the major market sectors on Monday morning, with the big four banks and resources among the biggest drivers. As of 1025 AEDT, BHP Billiton had climbed 38 cents to $36.47, Rio Tinto ...

A third of Australians expect major shortfall in retirement

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2014
Almost one third of Australians expect to experience a large financial shortfall during retirement, according to the MLC Retirement Survey. The report of 2,000 Australians shows that 31.7% think they will have a major shortfall, while a further 25% ...

CBA: Expect higher inflation

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2014
... preferences driving rises in school fees; an attempt at all levels of Government to raise additional revenue -- resulting in big increases in tobacco excise, for example; and a spate of natural disasters putting upward pressure on insurance prices. Blythe ...

FoFA changes delay tax-deductible advice: Ripoll

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2014
The government's proposed amendments to the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) legislation are delaying the possibility of the implementation of tax-deductible advice, Shadow Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation Bernie Ripoll told Financial ...

Subjected to interpretation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2014
... merely pointing out the madness in the markets - they see what they want to see and hear what they want to hear. Recall the big drop on Wall Street - that took most equity markets around the world with it - earlier this week because market saw the ISM ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher following strong gains on Wall Street ahead of a much-watched US labour market report and amid mixed trade and labour data. At 0901 AEDT on Friday, the March share price index futures contract was up 37 ...

Australia's pension pool fastest growing in the world

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2014
Australia's pool of superannuation assets has grown faster than any other pension fund pool in the world over the last 10 years, according to Towers Watson's Global Pensions Asset Study 2014. The study showed found that the pool of assets has grown ...

ASX managed fund service gets go-ahead

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2014
The ASX's mFund Settlement Service (mFund), formally known as AQUA II, has cleared the final regulatory hurdle and is provisionally set to launch at the beginning of the second quarter this year. The Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2014
... scepticism in the investment community that the Australian market has turned the corner," he said. "We really need to see some big companies deliver on earnings for us to get a positive kick on that front." Gaming group Tabcorp fell seven cents at $3.31 ...