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SMSF contributions spike ahead of cap

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2012
SMSF contributions were up close to $7000 in the 2011/12 financial year driven by over 50s getting in ahead of the $25,000 concessional cap introduction on July 1 this year. The latest Multiport SMSF Investment Patterns Survey showed the average contribution ...

The twain could not meet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2012
What's wrong with this picture? "Investors pushed stocks sharply higher, erasing all of July's losses, as investors reacted to strong corporate earnings and continued hopes for central-bank intervention." Nothing it seems. It sounds oh, so rationale. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2012
SYDNEY - The Australian stock market looks set to open higher following strong gains on Wall Street and European bourses overnight amid upbeat US earnings reports and after a Federal Reserve report said the world's largest economy continued to grow ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2012
The Australian sharemarket has held on to Tuesday's gains after Wall Street closed higher overnight. At 1010 AEST on Wednesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 7.4 points, or 0.18 per cent, at 4,133.4, while the broader All Ordinaries index was ...

State Street acquires GS hedge fund admin services

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2012
State Street Corporation has agreed to acquire Goldman Sachs' US hedge fund administration services in a cash transaction worth approximately US$550 million. The transaction is due to be finalised early in the fourth quarter of 2012 with State Street ...

KiwiSaver 5 years going strong

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2012
KiwiSaver, New Zealand's opt-out default workplace superannuation scheme, has just had its fifth birthday and despite its early critics now has almost 2 million members and $A8.8bn in assets. KiwiSaver membership is equivalent to about two-thirds of ...

Much ado, no do

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2012
Move on people, get going, nothing to see here. Wall Street went home happy last night despite Uncle Ben's much-anticipated semi-annual testimony before the US Senate's Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs being a non-event - a maintenance ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2012
SYDNEY - The Australian market looks set to open higher following Wall Street's positive lead after US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke gave a gloomy assessment of the US economy. At 0800 AEST on Wednesday, the September share price index futures ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUL 2012
The Australian shares are higher despite falls on Wall Street and European markets overnight. At 1022 AEST on Tuesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 10.1 points, or 0.25 per cent, at 4,1115.2, while the broader All Ordinaries index was up 9.1 ...

Northern Trust continues expansion

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUL 2012
Northern Trust has reaffirmed Australian expansion plans, with a new hires in its Melbourne office. Christopher Thomson has joined as a business development manager, in line with plans for 54% staff growth in 2012. Northern Trust said that Thomson's ...