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The disappearing act of lose-lose funds

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUL 2010
Fund managers and super funds are responding to the 'credibility gap' in the wake of the GFC with major reforms to the way they structure fees, create products and meet their fiduciary duties, research found. This week, UK-based CREATE-Research released ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2010
... confidence and fears of a slowdown in the Chinese economy, brokers said. The Nikkei business daily reported that sales at major retailers fell 1.6 per cent last year, the first fall since the daily began surveying the sector in 1967, sending related ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUN 2010
... falling from the opening bell in sympathy with Asian and European markets on fears about China's economic growth following a major downgrade to a key economic indicator on the Asian giant. The Conference Board, a US business research firm, revised the ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUN 2010
... Taylor said. "With payroll data due in the US later this week, the general feel is traders and investors won't take on any major positions until that data us out of the road. "Caution is the name of the game." The major banks had led the overall market's ...

New benchmarks for better retirement: ASFA

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUN 2010
... retirement," said Pauline Vamos, ASFA chief executive. "The enhancements made will also make it easier for retirees to adjust for major spending changes such as rapidly increasing energy prices," she added.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUN 2010
... broad-market S&P 500 index shed 2.19 points (0.21 per cent) to 1,074.57. After opening in negative territory, the three major indices recovered momentum in choppy trade. Investors shrugged off a weekend pledge by the leaders of the Group of 20 industrialised ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 28 JUN 2010
... just very uncertain of its direction." Wall Street closed mixed on Friday, after its last session on the announcement of a major financial reform bill plus a downward revision to first-quarter economic growth.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 28 JUN 2010
... lower, by 1.44 per cent, at 4,439.4. NEW YORK - US stocks closed mixed in choppy trade on Friday as investors digested a major financial reform bill and a downward revision to first-quarter economic growth. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 8.99 ...

IFSA rebrands to the Financial Services Council

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUN 2010
... macroeconomic policy, population and national infrastructure. John Brogden, chief executive at IFSA, speaking yesterday at a major luncheon to announce the changes, said that given Australia's financial services sector represents the largest sector in ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUN 2010
... said, was work underway in Congress on a final version of a financial reform bill. The uncertainty about the shape of the major legislation "applied pressure to major banking stocks," she said. The market opened under a cloud a day after the Federal ...