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EOFY: Review of super contributions essential

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUN 2012
... financial year they are $15, 000 above what they are allowed to have, so they will get hit with an extra 31.5% tax penalty on top of the standard 15%," said Bryan Ashenden, senior manager, technical consulting, practice management, BT Financial Group ...

PIG now officially PIGS

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUN 2012
... debt to GDP goes up, more downgrades, higher interest rates, economic contraction, more request for financial assistance. To top this all, a bailout comes with austerity strings attach. Yeouch goes the Spanish economy. And then, there's the question ...

Pop goes the QE

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2012
... proceeds of the Fed's portfolio into long-term US bonds in August 2010 only after the Dow has fallen by 13.6% from the April top to July. Operation Twist's announcement came in September 2011 after the Dow has fallen by 16.2% in the same month. The Dow's ...

Equity value - cheap or the new normal?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2012
... these. And you still wonder why markets can't make up their minds. The only sure thing is that Australians have indeed become top whingers.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2012
... 1.07 per cent to 2,986.10 points. Madrid rose 0.45 per cent, edging up again despite fears Spain could need a bailout and as top government officials repeated calls for help for the country's banks which need to raise some 80 billion euros in fresh capital. ...

Emerging managers add twice the alpha

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUN 2012
The performance of emerging manager hedge funds is roughly twice that of established manager hedge funds over the past 20 years, according to new research. This is despite large hedge funds attracting most of the inflows, said Peter Urbani, formerly ...

Platform satisfaction on the rise

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUN 2012
... future, with 40% saying they would change their main platform for lower fees, and 18% for better features, noted the report. The top three platforms by number of primary relationships were BT Wrap, CFS First Choice and Macquarie Wrap.

"If it becomes necessary" time?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2012
... proceeds of the Fed's portfolio into long-term US bonds in August 2010 only after the Dow has fallen by 13.6% from the April top to July. Operation Twist was announced in September 2011 after the Dow has fallen by 16.2% in the same month. Both times ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2012
... Australian share market suffered falls in opening trade, driven by weaker materials stocks, aggressive short selling of the top 50 stocks and a soft lead from Wall Street. At 1011 AEST on Friday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 22 points, or ...

UHNW households top global growth: BCG

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2012
Ultra high net worth households topped global private wealth growth in 2011, according to Boston Consulting Group, with a further 8% rise in segment wealth predicted over the next five years. Wealth held by ultra-high net worth (UHNW) households, defined ...