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Fund returns dip to 15pct

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 4 NOV 2013
The SelectingSuper Workplace rolling 12 month default option index dipped during September, but at 15.1% for the year ended 30 September 2013 they are still at near three year highs. Rainmaker, the researcher that conducts surveys of fund performance ...

TAL launches 'world first' group insurance technology

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 4 NOV 2013
Life insurer TAL has developed a new web-based technology for its group insurance business, enabling it to deal more directly with those holding life policies through superannuation. The technology was developed with UniSuper, to coincide with the commencement ...

Facebook turns on profits as teenagers turn off

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 4 NOV 2013
Amid strong profit results for Facebook, analysts are zeroing in on the falling usage from teenagers - pointing to long term implications for corporations that have a singular social media strategy. Facebook declared a 60% jump in September profits ...

Super funds shun Aussie managers

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 4 NOV 2013
Australian superannuation funds are overlooking local active international equities managers in favour of their overseas counterparts. According to research by Rainmaker Information, Australian managers have won about $3.2 billion, or around 10%, of ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2013
The Australia market has opened lower following weak leads from Wall Street. The upward trend in equities markets has paused this week. One reason is that the Federal Reserve's statement earlier this week didn't detail how long the US central bank would ...

Trick or treat?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2013
We're back on the taper-go-round saddle Virginia. Would the Fed allow the green shoots of a December taper to grow roots - and again permeate to every nook and cranny of economics and finance -- and then treat us with a taper not as it did in September? ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2013
The Australian market looks set to open flat following falls on Wall Street and most European bourses after eurozone employment figures failed to impress. At 0824 AEDT on Friday, the December share price index futures contract was up three points at ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 31 OCT 2013
The Australian market has opened lower following falls in US stocks after the Federal Reserve hinted at when it may start to unwind its stimulus program. While the Fed's $US85 billion-a-month bond-purchase program stays in play for now, predictions ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 31 OCT 2013
The Australian market looks set to open lower following Wall Street's negative lead after the Federal Reserve said the US economy was growing only moderately and still needed support. At 0820 AEDT on Thursday, the December share price index futures ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2013
Australian stocks have opened higher after Wall Street's Dow Jones and S&P 500 both hit fresh record highs. IG market strategist Evan Lucas said the local market was benefiting from the US' solid lead, although trading volumes were likely to remain ...