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Wow on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2012
... into a DD (double-dip). Last night, the Office for National Statistics reported that real GDP fell by 0.2% in the March quarter that followed a 0.3% contraction in the fourth quarter of last year. What does a back-to-back GDP contraction spell? A technical ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2012
... react positively when the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released its Consumer Price Index (CPI) for the March quarter later on Tuesday morning. The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has indicated that it would likely cut the cash rate from 4.25 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2012
... 4,337. In economic news on Tuesday, The Australian Bureau of Statistics releases the Consumer Price Index for the March quarter. In equities news, Wesfarmers is due to release its third quarter sales results, while Qantas CEO Alan Joyce is to adress ...

AustralianSuper awards fresh mandates as FUM soars

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2011
... picked up Australian fixed income mandates of $329 million and $381 million respectively in the same period. In the March quarter Bentham Asset Management was awarded a $356 million mandate for its global fixed income credit capability. Ankura Capital ...

Cost of living outpacing retirement incomes

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2011
... year to comfortably keep pace with rising costs of living, new figures have confirmed. Costs climbed by 1.3% in the March quarter this year from the December quarter 2010, according to the Association of Super Funds Australia (ASFA) Retirement Standard ...

Govt invites input on move to halve tax on savings

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2011
... shown a preference for cash. Tax office figures show SMSFs held $114.2 billion in cash and term deposits in the March quarter of this year, making up 26.4% of the $432.4 billion total assets held. It is the most popular investment category second only ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2011
... 4,490. In economic news on Thursday, the Housing Industry Association releases its residential land report for the March quarter. In company news, Northern Crest Investments Ltd, Crescent Gold Ltd and Riedel Resources Ltd hold general meetings. On Wednesday ...

Retail funds want more super access

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 11 JUL 2011
... talked of leveling the playing field that meant they wanted to increase their market share. "According to APRA in the March quarter employers contributed $5.6 billion to industry funds, and $4.1 billion to retail funds," he said. "Industry funds are ...

China-Gillard tug o' war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUL 2011
... rate remained at a low 4.9 per cent in May and household disposable income grew by 8.5 per cent in the year to the March quarter, up from 6.6 per cent in the previous one. Faced with the prospect of higher interest rates, higher taxes, higher utility ...

Community housing wants to attract super funds

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2011
... prices for the nation as a whole have flattened since June last year, when they were $536,400 to $532,700 in the March quarter. Price forecaster BIS Shrapnel has predicted modest price growth of between 6% and 2% over the next three years for Australia's ...