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KiwiSaver 5 years going strong

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2012
... almost 4-times the 1.3% average for equity loaded Australian super fund default options, according to SelectingSuper. The top performing KiwiSaver fund at March was OnePath earning 6.4% for the 12 month period, also the largest fund. Its total expense ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2012
... no such measures were forthcoming, disappointing investors here and in New York. In London, the benchmark FTSE 100 index of top companies lost 0.59 per cent at 5629.09 points. In Frankfurt, the DAX 30 edged up 0.18 per cent to 6577.64 points while in ...

Lost

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUL 2012
... tossing and turning amongst the headline of the day, unsure of whether what we're now experiencing is a slow grind to the top or like the "boiling frog" analogy, unaware that we're being boiled ever so slowly until we're well and truly cooked. Where ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUL 2012
... investors took profits on gains made last week after US retail sales data disappointed. In London, the benchmark FTSE 100 index of top companies closed 0.07 per cent lower at 5,662.43 points on Monday. In Frankfurt, the DAX 30 added a marginal 0.13 per ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 JUL 2012
... while Italy pulled off a bond auction despite a ratings downgrade. At close on Friday, London's benchmark FTSE 100 index of top companies was up 1.03 per cent to 5,666.13 points, Frankfurt's DAX 30 rallied 2.15 per cent to 6,557.1 points, while in Paris ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2012
... evaporated over the government's 65 billion euros ($A78 billion) package of austerity measures. The Spanish IBEX 35 index of top companies tumbled 2.58 per cent to 6,630.1 points. Shares in recently nationalised Bankia slid 9.33 per cent to close at ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUL 2012
... 0.49 per cent, to 2887.98. Markets dipped after the Federal Reserve's June policy meeting minutes showed that several of its top policy makers wanted to look at tools to bolster the financial system amid a weak recovery, but that the Fed was split on ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 JUL 2012
... fears the economy's tepid growth is slowing. European stock markets closed lower, with London's benchmark FTSE 100 index of top companies giving up 0.53 per cent to 5,662.63 points after a US jobs report came in weaker than expected. In local news construction ...

Morphic Asset Management opens for business

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 9 JUL 2012
... Opportunities Fund (MGOF), will invest in global equities, using a combination of individual stock research and economic 'top-down' analysis. "Despite market chaos, equities are one of the few ways to protect wealth and so if you combine research with ...

SMSFs need better access to alternatives: BlueSky

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2012
... to BlueSky Alternative Investments. This is despite SMSF significant cash weighting making them the superannuation sector's top performers. Mark Sowerby, managing director at BlueSky Alternative Investments said that while many advisers have until now ...