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What's luck got to do with it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2013

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2013
The Australian market looks set to open flat following rises on international markets after surprisingly strong US jobs figures. At 0840 AEDT on Tuesday, the December share price index futures contract was down two points at 5,141. QBE shares fell more ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2013
... major resources stocks were having a positive influence on the local bourse, with the Chinese trade balance figures boosting big miners such as BHP Billiton. "But the story of the day is QBE," Mr Lucas said. "The market would have been stronger if QBE ...

Former CFSGAM exec joins Frontier Advisors

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 5 DEC 2013
... because there have been a lot of redundancies, and recruiting isn't that high. And I think industry funds - particularly the big ones - are prepared to pay around the market rate now. So that issue has gone away in my view. "And secondly, the reason ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 DEC 2013
... general meeting scheduled. In Australia, the market on Wednesday finished higher, bringing three days of losses to an end as the big miners fired on all cylinders. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 17.7 points, or 0.34 per cent, higher at 5,273.8. The ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2013
... sessions, which follows similar moves in the US. Invast chief market analyst Peter Esho said financial stocks, particularly the big four banks remained the biggest drag on the market. "Financials are still under pressure and the materials space isn't ...

Industry and retail fund mergers on the cards

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2013
... middle funds - the $2 to $10 billion funds - will disappear." Increasingly, medium sized industry funds will be competing with big retail and industry funds to remain the default super provider for employers. "To stay the default fund for the employer ...

How green are 'green funds'?

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2013
Superannuation funds offering 'green' or 'sustainable' investment options may be misleading their members, with big polluters often topping the holdings lists. The top holding in AustralianSuper's Australian sustainable fund (managed by Perpetual) is ...

Towers Watson adds five to investment team

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 2 DEC 2013
Towers Watson has made five new appointments to its Australian investment team in response to an expanding client base. Two of the five are investment consultants: Craig Mercer and Sean O'Shea. Mercer will take on the role of senior hedge funds and ...

AMP's Ipac unveils Next Generation Advice program

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 2 DEC 2013
... like. "We found out that most of the times it's the detail and the wording," Steele said. "Sometimes we think that it's the big picture that makes the difference but we've found through the feedback that we need to simplify the language we use and almost ...