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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2009
... breather since hitting an eight-month intraday high of 10,170.82 earlier this month. It fell 3.5 per cent last week, its worst weekly performance in three months. The Nikkei rose 40.01 points to 9,826.27. HONG KONG - The Hang Seng Index closed up 138.62 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2009
... cent, to 3,894.4 points. NEW YORK - US stocks ended mixed on Friday as they gave up most early gains to post their first weekly decline in five weeks. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 15.87, or 0.2 per cent, to 8,539.73. The broader Standard & Poor's ...

Aon raises member fees

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2009
... $63. According to a statement in the master trust's latest newsletter to members, the increase is in line with Average Weekly Ordinary Time Earnings. Meanwhile non-standard member fees that have been negotiated with individual employers will not be increased ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2009
Australian shares are likely to fall after another US weekly unemployment claims record raised concerns that the recent rally in equities was too fast. Investor sentiment was also dented by a warning from ratings agency Standard & Poor's that it may ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2009
... contract was two points higher at 3,836. In economic news on Thursday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases average weekly ordinary time earnings data for the February quarter, and new motor vehicles sales data for April. The Reserve Bank of ...

Budget deficit squeezes pension promises

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2009
... budget. Following last year's budget there was an outcry from pensioner groups that argued linking 25 per cent of Average Weekly Earnings to the age pension was insufficient. The government responded by setting up the Harmer pension review, the result ...

AMP moves into direct super

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2009
... those in the cash option pay a 50 basis point fee per annum based on assets under management. The firm also charges a $1.50 weekly administration fee. All fees are charged before the 15 per cent tax benefit and there are no exit, switching or service ...

Pocketing the change

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2009
... index rose to 50.2 from 40.2 in March and the personal outlook index increased to 52.7 from 51.1. Wait there's more. US weekly chain store sales increased by 0.6 percent in the week ended 4 April following a 1.1 per cent gain the previous week. This ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 6 APR 2009
... cent to 3674. NEW YORK - US stocks shrugged off a dismal March jobs report to end higher on Friday, capping their fourth weekly gain amid market expectations that the economic contraction is easing. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 39.51 points ...

NCSF to adopt weekly unit pricing

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2009
The $615 million National Catholic Superannuation Fund is ditching its monthly crediting rates for weekly unit pricing in a bid to increase transparency and execute faster reports on returns. NCSF will be looking to transition to the new reporting system ...