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Fund budget surplus with cuts to super tax breaks: Treasury

MARK STORY  |  THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2012

Obama re-election to boost healthcare and banking stocks

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2012
... of cheaper, generic products. These potential investment opportunities come against the backdrop of the 'fiscal cliff' debate. Birkhold commented: "If there can be no agreement, we will be looking at four more years of uncertainty." Meanwhile, UBS's ...

Giving thanks to thanksgiving

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 NOV 2012
Perhaps it's the drunken reverie that comes after stuffing too much stuffed turkey laced with cranberry sauce and downed with a bottle (or four) of cold Budweisers that turned Wall Street's mood into one of optimism last week. The S&P 500 index ended ...

Super FUM up 13%

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2012
Super fund assets climbed 13.1% in the 12 months to the end of September on the back of the post-June share market rally that alone boosted super assets by 5.2%. The figures are contained in APRA's latest quarterly superannuation performance statistics ...

FPA calls for greater scrutiny of fund managers

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2012
... index performance - has not gone unnoticed by the market at large. "Investment managers have escaped a lot of criticism and debate about their recent performance," he said. "In the wake of the GFC and falling markets, performance simply hasn't matched ...

Klipin leaves AFA for millenium 3

MARK STORY  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2012
Two weeks after pulling off the organisation's most successful annual conference in 20 years, Richard Klipin plans to swap his long-standing position as the AFA's CEO to be CEO of the ANZ owned millenium 3 adviser group. Since 2006, Klipin has been ...

Ten-year future vs. 10-minute tick

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2012
You gotta love this daily market watching. There's plenty of moving variables that no one knows for sure which way to jump. Yesterday it began with worries about the cliff, followed by worries about another looming recession in Japan as its economy ...

Corporate spending the catalyst for global markets

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2012
... surveys that companies have recently held back on investing as they are concerned about the fiscal cliff, the imminent debate in the US about future tax and spending proposals," he explained. "If politicians manage to reach quick agreement, then the ...

Government should act fast on Johnson Report: FSC

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2012
If the Federal Government is serious about exporting financial services to Asia, it must implement all the recommendations in the Johnson Report by 2013, said the Financial Services Council. "The Johnson Report is a practical plan that will open up ...

Good US housing news is real good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2012
... junk rating from Moody's, the surge in UK employment in September, or perhaps, Obama edging out Romney at their second debate - but for moi, it was the housing stats that did it. US housing starts jumped to an annualised rate of 872,000 units last month ...