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Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2013
... are scheduled to address the Australian National Retailers Association's conference on Retail Nation 2013 in Sydney. No major equities news is expected. In Australia, the market on Monday closed higher driven by renewed demand for banking stocks. The ...

Fund CEOs slam MySuper as 'death by a thousand cuts'

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2013
Superannuation fund leaders have said MySuper will fail to achieve its aims, while ensuring significant costs to super funds, according to a report conducted by Sussman Associates. Medium sized, generic funds were expected to get the worst deal out ...

Tyndall mulls World Equities retail launch

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2013
... shake-up that is going to occur in the market as a result of MySuper and the launch of managed funds on the ASX could cause a major rethink for retail investors' asset allocation," Ostergaard said. "Our business in Australia is built around just a handful ...

Still in Goldilocks land

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2013
... their 2013 growth outlook - one after the other - and basically nominating the end of the Fed's policy accommodation as the major risk this time around. We're seeing this in full display to this very day. The back up in bond yields in the US and around ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2013
... 4,759. In economic news on Monday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics is due to release new motor vehicle sales for May. No major equities news is expected. In Australia, the market on Friday had its best day in nearly 18 months as investors decided ...

FIRST Super questions fairness of Coalition's super board quota policy

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2013
FIRST Super chief executive Bill Watson has cast doubt over the legitimacy of the Coalition's policy to impose quotas on industry superannuation fund boards. "As far as I'm aware, for publicly listed companies there's not a requirement that there be ...

Who will fill the SMSF education gap?

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2013
... University of Adelaide's Professional Certificate in Self-Managed Superannuation Funds. Available in most of Australia's major cities, the course has been operating since 2005, and targets qualified professionals with some experience in the sector. It ...

Aust shares open more than 1pc higher

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2013
... Billiton is 76 cents, or 2.37 per cent, higher at $32.88 and Rio Tinto has gained $1.83, or 3.55 per cent, to $53.40. The major banks are also having a good day, representing four out of the top six stocks along with BHP and News Corporation. CBA had ...

Fund manager dismisses super fund fee demands

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2013
While institutional investors have a tendency to negotiate aggressively on the amount they pay for fund managers' expertise, Platinum Asset Management chief investment officer Andrew Clifford said cutting fees does not automatically result in better ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2013
... their stimulus measures. At 0805 AEST on Friday, the June share price index futures contract was up 58 points at 4,742. No major economic or equities news is expected on Friday. In Australia, the market on Thursday posted its 13th day of losses in 17 ...