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Super funds turning to passive to tackle high fees

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2015
... for inflation, super funds charging fees of 2.33% need to earn almost 5% annually just for super savings to hold their ground. To illustrate the impact of fees on investment performance, the bank said a 30-year old man could retire at 65 with super worth ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2015
... was 12.5 cents higher at $8.20. The major banks all opened in negative territory before National Australia Bank made some ground. NAB gained three cents at $38.12, but Commonwealth Bank was down 29 cents at $90.84, ANZ lost two cents to $35.50, and Westpac ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2015
... down 23.4 points, or 0.39 per cent, at 5,902.9. NEW YORK - Wall Street stocks have retreated from record peaks, losing ground after lacklustre US car sales. At the closing bell on Tuesday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average stood at 18,203.37, down 85.26 ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2015
... with a 32 per cent rise in annual net profit, sending its shares 13 cents higher to $6.63. IAG was making up some of the ground it lost on Wednesday after its disappointing half year report, adding 19 cents to $6.04. The banks had fallen since a positive ...

Stimulate or deflate

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2015
... discussions (which, according to Eurogroup President Jeroen Dijsselbloem was "intense... and constructive, covering a lot of ground, also making progress". For sure and for certain they played a part in buoying sentiment, but they'll also turn on a dime ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2015
The Australian market looks set to open slightly higher despite Wall Street losing ground after US stocks initially lifted on good jobs figures. At 0813 AEDT on Monday, the March share price index futures contract was up six points points at 5,758. ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2015
... its eighth day of gains, Morgans senior client adviser Bill Chatterton said. "BHP's commodities that it digs out of the ground are all nominated in US dollars and the Aussie dollar is weakening quite aggressively to the US dollar," he said. A rebound ...

Profile: MTAA Super chief executive Leeanne Turner

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2015
... it," she says. It was a much smaller fund than the AGRBO, but that, she says, gave her the chance to cover a lot of new ground. After four years in the role, the chief executive decided to retire. "He encouraged me to throw my hat in the ring for the ...

J.P. Morgan acquires Asia REIT platform

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2015
... accelerated the expansion of our geographic footprint into key real estate markets and added high quality personnel on the ground, with extensive market expertise and deep local relationships," J.P. Morgan Asset Management head of real estate Asia Pacific ...

FEATURE: 2014 year in review

MARK SMITH, LAURA MILLAN, JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2014
This year has been another busy one for the financial servives industry. FoFA remained on the radar and the Financial System Inquiry has the potential to change things in a big way. The Financial Standard team takes a look at the issues that made waves ...