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Super accounts on path for consolidation: Shorten

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 FEB 2012
... Pacific at DST Global Solutions According to the survey, the rollover process is seen as a "lengthy and cumbersome" one, heavy on paperwork and other time-consuming requirements, which often leads to Australians giving up on their efforts altogether. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 FEB 2012
... per cent) at 12,966.07. The broad-based S&P 500 finished up a bare 1.01 points (0.07 per cent) to 1,362.24, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite slipped 3.21 (0.11 per cent) to 2,948.57. LONDON - European stock markets closed lower and the euro weakened ...

Managed funds have a place in SMSFs: Select

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2012
... funds industry has done a poor job in addressing this." Yet many SMSF portfolios carry too much equity risk he said, with a heavy skew to Australian equities. While the Australian future fund carries just 10% of its portfolio in Australian equities ...

GM shuts down DB fund

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2012
... salaried employees into the company's accumulation 401(k) scheme, citing balance sheet risk. The car manufacturing world heavy weight got into trouble in 2009 during the worst of the Global Financial Crisis and only survived as a result of $US50 billion ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2012
... the high unemployment and deep poverty among Arab-Israelis and ultra-orthodox Haredi Jews. SEOUL - South Korea's Samsung Heavy Industries says it has won a 3.05 trillion won ($A2.53 billion) contract to build an offshore gas processing facility in Australia. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 FEB 2012
... on Wednesday. The S&P 500, a broader measure of the markets, added 11.67 points, or 0.89 per cent, to 1,324.08. The tech-heavy Nasdaq gained 34.43 points, or 1.22 per cent, to 2,848.27. LONDON - European stock markets closed sharply higher on Wednesday ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2012
... consumer confidence. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 19.83 points (0.16 per cent) to 12,633.89 in closing trade. The tech-heavy Nasdaq rose 1.46 points (0.05 per cent) to 2,813.40, while the S&P 500, a broader measure of the markets, slipped 0.55 ...

Risk focus needed for sustainable investing: MLC

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2012
MLC Investment Management has cautioned investors with a penchant for income-heavy portfolios that greater risk diversification and sophisticated strategies are necessary at a time when term deposits on one product reached $400 million. According to ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 JAN 2012
... cent fall in quarterly production, compared with the same period in 2010. It was in line with its recent forecast, after heavy rains in Papua New Guinea and lower ore grades dented output. Among the day's biggest losers was Billabong, which shed four ...

HSBC launches new retail equity product

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2012
HSBC has introduced a new equity product bucking the trend of last year's Asia-heavy baskets. The five-year 100+ Series International Equity Investment gives exposure to the Australian equity index (S&P/ASX 200) in addition to indices in Switzerland ...