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ASFA wants action on tax relief

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2011
... process." The superannuation industry is in an era of consolidation. Media Super is looking at joining forces with a corporate fund, First State Super is merging with Health Super and Westscheme is marrying AustralianSuper to create a $40 billion megafund. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2011
... Paris, the CAC 40 lost 0.90 per cent to 3,970.39 points and in Frankfurt the DAX fell 0.44 per cent to 7,146.56. On the corporate front, the main news was the announcement by Swiss-based commodities giant Glencore that it would raise up to $US11 billion ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2011
... opposite directions. LONDON - European stock markets closed higher on Wednesday in a technical rebound helped by strong US corporate results but investors remained cautious as Japan downgraded its economic outlook. Dealers said that after substantial ...

Asgard adds funds

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2011
... them." Asgard has won the Heron Partnership five-star quality for outstanding performance four years in a row for its corporate super, wrap and mini-wrap products. Power said the administrator's success was due to its diversity and its collaboration ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2011
... Asian trade which hit sentiment in Europe in turn. They said disappointing results from US aluminium giant Alcoa got the corporate quarterly results season off to a bad start and hit investors who had been betting that the US economy was picking up momentum. ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2011
... refiner Alumina was significantly lower, after Alcoa Inc's weaker-than-expected profit in the US kicked off the quarterly corporate earnings season there on Tuesday morning (AEST). "The market's a little bit exhausted, given the return to the levels ...

Planners struggle to sell practices as values fall

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2011
... in 2010, to 3.0 to 3.5 this year. * SMSF clients of all ages: from 3.3 in 2009 to a range of 2.7 to 3.0 this year. * Corporate super clients: from 3.0 in 2009 to a range of 1.0 to 2.0 this year. * Cs and Ds: from a range of 1.5 to 2.5 in 2009 to 1.0 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2011
... first-quarter earnings season gets under way. Traders are concerned about the effect of higher oil and food costs on corporate margins. Stocks turned lower in afternoon trading after the International Monetary Fund said that higher gas prices could slow ...

Fund managers feast on billion-dollar debt

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 11 APR 2011
Corporate debt issuance has surged this year giving fund managers billions of dollars worth of diversification in the fixed income market, leading experts have said. Bond fund giant Pacific Investment Management Co (PIMCO) estimates about US$18 billion ...

Media Super wants corporate marriage

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2011
Industry fund Media Super is dressing up to be the belle of the merger ball and is looking to attract corporate funds, casting its eyes towards Fairfax. Ross Martin, chief executive of Media Super, today said that his fund had added new functional capabilities ...