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Plum, Virgin get MySuper authorisation

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2013
Plum and Virgin Super are the latest funds to get their MySuper authorisations, bringing the total number of products available to 65. The two retail groups bring to seven the number of retail groups now with MySuper authorisation ahead of the 1 January ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 AUG 2013
The Australian market looks set to open higher with international markets boosted by encouraging eurozone data signalling that the 17-nation bloc may be edging out of recession. At 0647 AEST on Wednesday, the September share price index futures contract ...

Can cheap, high quality stocks can still be found?

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 13 AUG 2013
The world's largest and best-known defensive companies may look overvalued but that doesn't mean investors should give up on finding quality businesses with predictable earnings and capital preservation potential, according to AllianceBernstein senior ...

Curve ahead

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 AUG 2013

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2013
The Australian share market is set to open slightly higher despite a quiet night on Wall Street as investors wait for the outcome of a US Federal Reserve policy meeting. The September share price index futures contract is up seven points at 5,014. The ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2013
The Australian market looks set to open higher despite falls on Wall Street but after gains on European markets following encouraging eurozone data. The Markit Eurozone Composite Purchasing Managers Index logged 50.4 points, above the 50-mark signalling ...

The good, the good and the dollar-A

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUL 2013
It's another trading day for the record books on Wall Street. And this despite last night's weak reports - existing home sales fell by 1.2% to a less than expected 5.1 million annualised rate in June and the Chicago Fed National Activity Index remained ...

AMP, MLC impose Stronger Super levy

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2013
Retail superannuation providers AMP and MLC are the first retail super funds to signal that they will charge members a levy to pay for expenses related to the government's Stronger Super regime. The news came when MLC sent out a letter to advisers warning ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2013
The Australian market looks set to open higher after Wall Street edged higher to new highs following strong banking earnings that offset a profit warning from UPS and fresh trouble for Boeing's Dreamliner aircraft. At 0820 AEST on Monday, the September ...

Coalition signals super policy changes

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2013
The coalition has signalled that if it wins the 2013 federal election it will institute major reforms regarding how super funds appoint trustees while expecting funds to speed up how they pass on scale fee benefits. Paul Fletcher the federal member ...