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Small shareholders eclipsed by instos

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2013
... retail investment in equities." AIRA chief executive Ian Matheson said he hopes that this analysis will inform the current debate about annual general meetings of listed companies. "If such large percentages of most ASX 300 companies are held by institutional ...

Any reason will do

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2013
Just give me a reason, any reason. There were big central bank meetings overnight -- the European Central Bank and the Bank of England debated their respective monetary policy settings - but nothing changed. It was same old, same old. So you could imagine ...

Dignity Super's main aim, ASFA reminds politicians

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2013
... It also said that its research proved superannuation savings contributed to Australia's growth, and that in the current debate in the lead up to the Federal Election, the role it plays in building the country's economy should not be forgotten. Superannuation ...

Insider selling

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2013
... "The last time a weekly sell-to-buy ratio was worse than this was in late July 2011, right before that year's debt-ceiling debate began to spiral out of control." That time the S&P 500 fell by more than 18% to a low of 1099.23 points on 3 October of ...

LUCRF's new growth option targets lower volatility

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2013
... protect and grow their investment accounts, our 'Targeted Return' option can make an important contribution to the ongoing debate about post retirement asset allocation and provide members with an alternative," said Greg Sword, LUCRF Super chief executive. ...

SPAA joins UN group

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2013
The SMSF Professionals Association of Australia has become the first Australian financial services group to join a United Nations independent financial advice convention. Yesterday the SMSF Professionals Association of Australia (SPAA) said it had joined ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2013
... anyway," he said. Buoyed by strong earnings results in the technology sector and progress in the Washington fiscal budget debate, US stocks closed higher Wednesday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 67.12 points (0.49 per cent) to 13,779.33, its ...

2013

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2012
... overly attractive in this environment noting that in nations with proper political governance this would trigger serious debate about fiscal policy, but the US inspired by its belief in its own 'exceptionalism' has long marched to a different tune. But ...

Matthews Steer creates new wealth management arm

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 13 DEC 2012
... Private Wealth & Tax Management and headed up by director and qualified tax adviser Geoff Steer. The move follows recent debate surrounding consolidation of accountancy and financial planning services, and the recent changes to Australian Financial Services ...

Australian pay rate growth underperforms Asia

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2012
Wage growth rates in Australia are significantly lagging Asia, but rather than showing Australia to be under-performing they reflect inflation and productivity growth differentials. A survey just released by the global management consultancy, Hay Group ...