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RBA says its ok

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2012
... 200 GICS (global industry classification standard) producing positive returns last month. Five sectors - consumer discretionary, consumer staples, energy, healthcare and utilities - recorded negative returns in the month of September. It could be that ...

Jingling bells

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2012
... electronics and appliance stores (up 4.5%) contributed to last month's increase in spending, yes, that means iPhone5 - a discretionary purchase. Americans bought cars too - another item of discretion - up 1.3% last month from up 1.8% in August and building ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2012
... worst-performing sector, falling 1.48 per cent, according to IRESS data. Industrial stocks (down 0.72 per cent) and consumer discretionary stocks (down 0.86 per cent) were also in negative territory. On a positive note, Australia's big resources companies ...

SMSF contributions up 15%

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2012
... 2010-11 financial year, according to the Financial Services Council's Bond Report, released today. Of the $24 billion, discretionary contributions represented by far the largest growth rate, with a $3.2 billion, or 19.8% increase. Employer contributions ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2012
... having fallen 1.41 per cent, according to IRESS data. Metals and minerals companies (down 1.04 per cent), consumer discretionary (down 0.94 per cent) and the materials sector (down 0.98 per cent) were also lower in early trade. Macquarie Private Wealth ...

Treasury paper ignores responsibility: ACFS

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2012
... influence how such failure management powers might best be designed and expanded." A further concern is that the discretionary nature of APRA's powers has not been accompanied by an accountability and performance assessment to determine whether the powers ...

Super contributions highest since GFC

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2012
... in 2011-12 to $16 billion. This was put down to a lack of consumer and investor confidence, said Bond. "Although discretionary flows represent only around 20% of total flows, strong voluntary flows are necessary if Australians are to have enough money ...

SFG rolls out FOFA-ready MDA

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2012
... efficiently implement their advice in this very tough environment." The managed portfolio service (MPS) is a managed discretionary account service to support a tailored investment program including managed funds and direct shares covering day-to-day ...

Education charities get philanthropy boost

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2012
... will triple this year as part of their 2012 NFP funding round. In total $12.5 million in funding was allocated from discretionary trusts to charitable not-for-profit organisations. The education sector received the biggest increase in distributions to ...

Waiting on the world

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2012
... otherwise. Australians spent the most on cafes, restaurants and takeaway food services last month (up 1.4%) - that's discretionary spending as discretionary spending can be. We also spent more on household goods retailing (up 0.8%) which could have some ...