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Abbott's PPL scheme to hit Australia's charities

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2013
... superannuation investment. "I think it's a good thing that superannuation funds invest in infrastructure," he told the audience of big players in the financial services industry. "But I don't support mandating it because your responsibility is to maximise ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2013
... fell 61 per cent to $378 million for the year to June 30, from $980 million. Its shares rose 31 cents to $12.58. Among the big miners, Rio Tinto was down $1.16 at $58.44, while BHP Billiton was 82 cents lower at $34.92. The big banks were all lower ...

Aussie investors should have 90% of equity portfolio overseas

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2013
... deep into the process of researching attractive stocks to invest in in the region and believes that Europe could be the next big value theme to follow. "The vast majority, as much as 90%, of people's investment assets are still in Australia. It doesn't ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2013
... Reserve meeting was likely to have a larger impact. "Those ongoing concerns about when the stimulus tapering takes place are the big driver for the global economy," he said. As earnings season continues, banking and insurance group Suncorp posted a net ...

Mason Stevens opens top Magellan fund to managed accounts

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2013
Mason Stevens has launched the Magellan Global Equity Model Portfolio as a managed account. The portfolio is sub-advised by the Magellan investment team and mirrors the successful Magellan Global Fund, which has returned 39% to investors over the 12 ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 AUG 2013
... months to June, up from $1.2 billion for the same time last year. But the bank's shares were down 24 cents at $31.12. The other big banks also fell, with Commonwealth Bank losing 48 cents to $70.67, Westpac dropping 27 cents to $31.30 and ANZ shedding ...

OneVue confirms Computershare Fund Service takeover

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 20 AUG 2013
OneVue will acquire Computershare's unit registry arm, Computershare Fund Services (CFS), it has confirmed. OneVue group chief executive Connie Mckeage said the acquisition would make OneVue the biggest provider of outsourced unit registry solutions ...

NAB Wealth flat as bank's profit rises 2%

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 20 AUG 2013
... stronger than expected. "We've held the view for the last six months that NAB offers the best upside potential of any of the big four Australian banks. If it can resolve its problems in the UK then it can be expected to post some strong earnings numbers ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 AUG 2013
... Wall Street, where the Dow Jones Index finished the week on a negative note following a mixed batch of economic data and a big jump in bond yields. Mr Lucas said any moves to curtail stimulus in the United States could cause ructions in the world's biggest ...

Biggest weekly drop since and other scares

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 AUG 2013