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Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2013
... Australian stock market has opened flat, with gains by the two big miners offset by weakness among healthcare companies and major retailers. Macquarie Private Wealth division director Lucinda Chan said investors were absorbing the latest announcements ...

BOJ brings out big bazooka

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2013
... buys from us. Plus, most of Japan's import needs -- oil, coal, iron ore, copper, aluminium and wood - are among Australia's major exports. How good is that? It's in Australia's economic interest to see "Abenomics" and the BOJ's bazooka succeed. A layover ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2013
... stocks have jumped with the yen weakening as the Bank of Japan starts a key two-day policy meeting, while shares in other major Asian markets have mostly fallen despite Wall Street's surging to a record high. Tokyo jumped 2.99 per cent, or 358.77 points ...

Perpetual completes wrap platform overhaul

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2013
... next decade. The announcement comes 18 months after the asset manager appointed Macquarie Investment Management to oversee major administration duties for Perpetual Private portfolio and fiduciary services. "At $9.5 billion in assets, this is the largest ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2013
... Locally, At 0635 AEDT on Monday, the June share price index futures contract was 24 points higher points at 4,993. There is no major economic news scheduled for Monday. In equities news, Domino's Pizza Enterprises is scheduled to hold a special meeting. ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2013
... higher. Local investors took their cues from a positive night on Wall Street, where the Dow climbed 0.77 per cent. Among the major miners, BHP was up 29 cents at $33.21, Rio had advanced 82 cents to $57.75 and Fortescue was 16.5 cents, or 4.33 per cent ...

Active management a 2% tax drag

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2013
The high turnover of active managed funds generates tax inefficiencies that can drag portfolios by as much as 2%, according to global asset manager Parametric. Recent legislation requiring superannuation funds have an after-tax investment objective ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2013
... Locally, At 0635 AEDT on Monday, the June share price index futures contract was 24 points higher points at 4,993. There is no major economic news scheduled for Monday. In equities news, Domino's Pizza Enterprises is scheduled to hold a special meeting. ...

Consumer confidence in super is key: Shorten

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAR 2013
... hard working wages are compulsorily deferred to provide for their retirement security," Shorten said at the Conference of Major Superannuation Funds (CMSF) held in Brisbane last week. "Australians want the process of superannuation policy-making to be ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAR 2013
... sector at 1027 AEDT, global miner BHP Billiton was 31 cents lower at $33.09, and Rio Tinto lost $1.05 to $57.20. Among the major banks, ANZ dipped 15 cents to $28.68, Westpac backtracked 23.5 cents to $30.775, Commonwealth Bank dumped 33 cents to $68.67 ...