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Super tax concessions in spotlight

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2012
A new government roundtable will see industry groups argue tax concessions are the only way Australians will fully fund their own retirement. Treasurer Wayne Swan and Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation Bill Shorten announced the Superannuation ...

Nice one

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2012
As with most stock markets the world over, the Australian equity market has gotten off to a good start in the New Year despite gloomy expectations surrounding the global outlook and indications of weakening in the domestic economy. With only two trading ...

Forecasts shmorecasts

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2012
We're doomed (again)! Oh-em-gee! "IMF slashes growth forecasts!" This was the last piece of news I saw before I went to bed last night and started snoring. Yeah, yeah I thought. Sure, sure. Somehow it didn't give me the same nerve-wracking punch that ...

AMP: FOFA needs a rigorous stocktake

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 24 JAN 2012
AMP has come down hard on the government's draft FOFA legislation, saying the Bill as it stands had "so many problems" a "rigorous stocktake" was needed. Appearing before the Parliamentary Joint Committee yesterday, managing director AMP Financial Services ...

Target setting works for super funds

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 24 JAN 2012
Target setting can offer rewards for super funds according to new research from bond fund manager PIMCO, which assessed strategies used by not for profit defined benefit and defined contribution default fund options. The research paper, Defined Contribution ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 JAN 2012
The Australian stock market at noon on Monday was slightly lower as investors awaited news on the Greek debt situation. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 7.4 points, or 0.17 per cent, weaker at 4,232.2 points, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 JAN 2012
The Australian market looks set to open flat or weaker in the absence of strong leads from the US and Europe. At 0630 AEDT on Monday, the March share price index futures contract was down six points at 4,213. In economic news on Monday, the Australian ...

Fund managers rate Aust equities

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2012
While lack of investor confidence and a preference for risk aversion is an obvious impact of the sovereign debt crisis in Europe, the Australian share market is also vulnerable to capital flows are having a distortionary impact, according to fund manager ...

ASFA warns on unseen MySuper outcomes

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2012
ASFA is wary of potential unseen outcomes from the MySuper legislation Bill, including clashing between regulators and the rise of short-termism, as it predicts pressures on super trustees may trump the long-term interests of members. In a submission ...

HSBC launches new retail equity product

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2012
HSBC has introduced a new equity product bucking the trend of last year's Asia-heavy baskets. The five-year 100+ Series International Equity Investment gives exposure to the Australian equity index (S&P/ASX 200) in addition to indices in Switzerland ...