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FUM market slides back to $1.4tr

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 13 SEP 2011
Funds under management overseen by investment managers slid back 1.7% during the June quarter to come to rest at $1.411 trillion, the first negative growth quarter since the same time last year. The slow growth dampened 12 month FUM growth to 5.3% ...

Damned to default

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 SEP 2011
Seen on Bloomberg this morning: "Greece Default Risk Jumps to 98%" (over the next five years). Duh! I don't know what financial markets have been smoking but as far I'm concerned Greek's been cactus ever since it's debt-to-GDP ratio hit 140% and real ...

Local instos eye US equities

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2011
Super funds and institutional investors have been warned not to underestimate US equities, with the share market pipped to return to former strength by MFS Investment Management's chief investment strategist. Despite the US government debt crisis, US ...

Not looking good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2011
Financial market waters are getting more treacherous by the day. The signs are all around us - macro-economic fundamentals are deteriorating, systemic risk is growing and technical indicators of risk assets are breaking down. I'd like to able to conjure ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2011
US stocks plunged on Friday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average sliding more than 300 points, as global stock markets were stung by fresh anxiety in the eurozone over Greece's bailout. The Dow fell 303.68 points (2.69 per cent) to close at 10,992.13. ...

Super growth static, public sector grows on Health Super merger

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2011
The superannuation industry was unable to grow during the June 2011 quarter, as benefit payments and market losses caused almost $24 billion of contributions to go unrewarded. According to the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA), Industry ...

Planning industry unified on commissions: AMP

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2011
The Australian planning industry is more unified on the issue of commissions than sister global markets such as Canada and United States, although there are lessons to be learned, according to AMP head. Steve Helmich, AMP's director of financial planning ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2011
The Australian share market was higher at noon, extending gains from early trade after US President Barack Obama delivered a highly-anticipated speech on his plan to stimulate the US economy. The local bourse opened slightly higher on Friday, despite ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2011
The Australian market looks set to open flat, continuing Thursday's late trend and after falls on overseas markets. At 0704 AEST on Friday, the September share price index futures contract was down 17 points at 4,170. There is no economic or equities ...

Obama punts on US$300bn jobs package

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2011
US president Barrack Obama has defied critics who thought his climbdown last month with Congress over the debt ceiling would make him gun-shy, by proposing a jobs stimulus package that is nearly as big as the entire Australian commonwealth annual budget. ...