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AMP adds listed infra to SMSF Suite

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2014
AMP Capital has added its Global Listed Infrastructure Fund to its SMSF Suite, joining the Corporate Bond Fund and the Wholesale Australian Property Fund. The addition will give self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs) access to listed infrastructure ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2014
... Fortescue Metals was 7.5 cents weaker at $3.855. The iron ore price fell again overnight, to $US82.20 a tonne. Among the major banks, Commonwealth Bank was down 48 cents at $81.06, National Australia Bank was down 9.5 cents at $34.455, ANZ had dropped ...

Throw out relative performance tables: Finsia

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2014
... annualised returns over one, three, five and 10 years. According to Finsia, moving to these measures of performance will have two major impacts on the industry. First, it will change investors' perceptions of superannuation from "lump sum" to "income ...

A tale of two A's

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2014
... an orderly correction, that is. A trip down memory lane shows how the dollar-A's depreciation deflected not one, but two, major financial and economic crises in recent history. The A$ absorbed some of the negative shocks from the Asian Crisis when it ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2014
... latest product launches have propelled US stocks higher, with the tech-rich Nasdaq posting the largest gains of the three major indices. At the closing bell on Wednesday, the Nasdaq Composite Index stood at 4,586.52, up 34.24 points (0.75 per cent). ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2014
... cents lower at $35.79, while Rio Tinto fell 30 cents to $61.47 and Fortescue Metals slid five cents to $3.99. Among the major banks, National Australia Bank fell 12 cents to $34.51, Westpac lost 14 cents to $34.46, while ANZ was 18 cents lower at $33.30 ...

Advisers must attend ethics classes, say ISA and AIST

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2014
Financial advisers should be forced to undergo mandatory ethics classes as part of a comprehensive overhaul of the professional standards of the industry, the not-for-profit superannuation industry has argued. In a joint submission to the Parliamentary ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2014
... The September share price index futures contract is down 18 point at 5,585. Wall Street stocks have fallen, pulled down by major banks after the Federal Reserve signalled more stringent capital requirements. At the close, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ...

HOSTPLUS to buy $600m Woolworths properties

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 9 SEP 2014
... HOSTPLUS chief executive David Elia said: "HOSTPLUS is delighted to partner with Charter Hall and strengthen its position as a major participant in the Australian hospitality sector. ALH's position as a leading hospitality operator, combined with the ...

Partners Group fund added to major platforms

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 9 SEP 2014
Global private equity investment manager Partners Group has had its Partners Group Global Value Fund accepted onto the BT SuperWrap and Macquarie Wrap platforms. Partners Group Global Value Fund provides investors with exposure to a mature private equity ...