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From the mouths of Feds

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2015
... day, a tiny loss the next and you'll be forgiven for barely noticing that the US stock market had been steadily losing ground all week. But add them all together and they equal something to email your momma about. All up, the S&P 500 index is down 2.5% ...

VicSuper awards $100 million mandate to AB

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2015
... diversify their exposure to the asset class. It achieves this by investing in stocks based on bespoke, "grassroots", on-the-ground research in the relevant markets, rather than equities benchmarks or stocks based in developed markets with emerging markets ...

ASIC bans Charterhill director from financial services

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2015
Charterhill Group founder and director George Nowak has been banned by ASIC from practicing financial services until 3 July 2017. The grounds for the ban are that Nowak is an undischarged bankrupt, having applied for personal bankruptcy in July 2014. ...

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 ...

Market Wrap AM

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 ...

Market Wrap PM

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 ...