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Fund manager dismisses super fund fee demands

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2013
... on fees in recent years. Rainmaker research shows that the total expense ration (TER) for the average workplace fund has fallen from 1.41% in 2008 to 1.38% in 2012. However, over the past 8 years, workplace super fees have actually increased. Rainmaker ...

Aust shares open lower

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2013
... Wednesday morning's weak opening might be reversed later in the day by traders seeking bargains. The Australian market has fallen nearly 10 per cent in the past three weeks. "There was a bit of interesting buying support for the Australian dollar late ...

The sky is falling downunder

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2013
... around parity to about US$0.65 in 2009 helped shield the economy from the global meltdown at the time. The A$ has so far fallen to a low of just under US$0.94 this year. Good...but still not good enough..

Sinking emerging markets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2013
... 2nd of May to around 2.21% currently. US bond prices - as measured by the JP Morgan GBI US all maturities index -- have fallen by around 1.2% and the US dollar strengthened since markets interpreted Fed Chairman Bernanke's statement on 22 May as hinting ...

Australian stocks weaker at close

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2013
... after US stocks fell overnight. Financial stocks were lower, with Commonwealth Bank down 14 cents to $66.11, Westpac had fallen 48 cents to $28.71 and ANZ was down 34 cents at $26.86. National Australia Bank fell 20 cents to $28.75. The big miners were ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2013
... economic growth figures due out at 1130 AEST on Wednesday. Gold stocks were the worst-performing sector at the open, having fallen 3.54 per cent. Among the major miners, BHP had fallen 15 cents to $34.11, while Rio had slipped eight cents to $55.05. ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2013
... cents to $67.29, Westpac put on 24 cents to $28.68 and ANZ found 33 cents to $27.87. Meanwhile, shares in Cochlear have fallen more than 10 per cent after the hearing implant maker reported slowing growth so far in 2013. It lost $6.64 to hit $57.90 ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2013
... to $55.14. The banks, however, were lower. ANZ was five cents weaker at $27.48, CBA was down 31 cents at $67.30, NAB had fallen 35 cents to $28.97 and Westpac was 47 cents lower at $28.39. Mr Walker said the sell off of high-yielding stocks in recent ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2013
... cent to 8,400.2 points, while in Paris the CAC 40 rose 0.56 per cent to 3,996.31 points. HONG KONG - Asian stocks have fallen, with Tokyo plunging more than five per cent as the yen gains strength following a series of economic forecasts underlining ...

Downswing in bond yields clear path for Absolute Return Fixed Income

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2013
... exposed to commodity prices such as Australia, New Zealand and Canada," he explained. "This year the Aussie dollar has fallen significantly so we've changed moved that exposure to the Swedish krona instead." Where institutions had in the past tended ...