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Goldi-jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2011
... goldilocks. They're strong enough to keep optimism and hopes for a more durable US economic recovery alive but not too strong to spark anxiety at the Fed. Barring another black swan, financial markets are set to have another good three months in the ...

Adviser remuneration debate sparks fly

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 28 MAR 2011
The Association of Financial Advice (AFA) hits back at Industry Super Fund research claiming consumers save $82,000 by retirement age by avoiding financial adviser fees. According to the AFA, this research was designed to distract consumers from industry ...

Flare up over MoneySmart

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2011
The MoneySmart website, launched this week, has already sparked up old flames between super funds and advisers when the site recommended consumers choose advisers who work on a fee-for-service basis. "In our opinion, the fee-for-service model is generally ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2011
The Australian market is set for heavy falls when it opens on Thursday with world markets again diving due to fears of a nuclear crisis in Japan. On the ASX 24 at 0733 AEDT, the March share price index futures contract was down 76 points at 4,491, indicating ...

Share plummet overplayed - fund managers

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2011
Fund managers remain cautiously optimistic for global growth despite the dramatic fall in global share prices sparked by the threat of nuclear catastrophe in Japan. A huge market sell off occurred yesterday afternoon when another explosion hit a Fukishima ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2011
The Australian share market was continuing to rise at noon as investors buy back into stocks that were sold off in the wake of Japan's crisis. At 1200 AEDT the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 50.7 points, or 1.12 per cent, at 4,579.4 points, while ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2011
... uncertain about how long lasting will it be and whether Japan's huge reconstruction effort expected later in the year will spark a revival. Sentiment was already under pressure from violence in Libya and unrest in the wider Middle East and as this rumbles ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2011
The Australian market is receiving strong, negative leads from offshore trading overnight, with foreign markets spooked by the crisis in Libya, and poor data from China, the US and Spain. On the ASX 24 at 0832 AEDT, the March share price index futures ...

Plum time for corporate super outsourcing

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2011
Plum Super records $4.4 billion in new funds under administration as it continues to sign corporate industry clients ahead of the 30 June deadline for tax consolidation and transfers. Plum have signed up seven new large mandates in the last two years ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2011
The Australian market has received strong, positive leads from offshore trading overnight, with key indices on Wall Street and in Europe clearly higher. Oil and precious metals fell, as investors turned away from their search for safe havens. On the ...