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Fund managers rate Aust equities

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2012
... and earnings risk. If further bad news does not eventuate to the extent the market is factoring in, then there will be relief rallies that could see markets materially higher by year end." Van Munster said that domestic cyclical stocks are suffering ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 JAN 2012
... 7,238 contracts traded. Miners and energy led the pack to claw back Monday's losses after oil and metals prices staged a relief rally overnight, despite S&P's widely-expected downgrade to the European's rescue fund. News of Fortescue's record production ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 JAN 2012
... despite Beijing-friendly President Ma Ying-jeou being handed a second term in weekend elections, a result that came as a relief to the United States and China. WELLINGTON - New Zealand shares fell to near a four-week low after a mass downgrade of European ...

Qantas Super taps MLC for insurance

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 16 JAN 2012
... insurance cover, it is often not enough for what people actually need to provide for their family and create financial relief if an unforseen event was to occur," said Beer. Qantas Super annouced in December that former JP Morgan Chase exec Jane Perry ...

AustralianSuper, AGEST reveal merger plans

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2011
... interests of our members, after all the costs and benefits are analysed" said Bowtell. AGEST has also requested CGT rollover relief and will continue to seek to preserve its deferred tax asset in the proposed merger. It is believed current AGEST employees ...

ASIC releases FOFA guidance plan

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 13 DEC 2011
... regulatory guidance on FOFA's anti-avoidance provisions. ASIC said it will also amend existing regulatory guidance and ASIC relief to reflect the FOFA reforms where necessary however it did note that these consequential amendments to existing regulatory ...

Super trustee guidelines for retirement estimates

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2011
... fund trustees providing retirement estimates, which ASIC said may include personal advice, have been granted class order relief, which is hoped will encourage people to engage more with their super and retirement planning. The regulator's "Superannuation ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2011
... Bank of England Governor Mervyn King said the co-ordinated central bank action announced on Wednesday was only "temporary relief" to the eurozone's "underlying solvency problems", which he said have to be tackled directly by the governments. The European ...

Fund managers out-invest school kids

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2011
... students showed that they have only half the skill of professionals investment managers. The results should come as welcome relief to managed funds investors throughout Australia who now know that the experts in charge of their portfolios have twice ...

Super industry responds to MYEFO

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2011
... Wayne Swan released the 2011 12 Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook (MYEFO) which included the extension of a draw-down relief for account-based pensions, something which Cooper said highlights serious superannuation flaws. As Challenger's chairman ...