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Research warns super funds on reporting

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2012
Super fund members run the risk of being given the wrong information about the performance of their funds, according to a recent analysis by the Actuaries Institute. Recommendations, prepared for the actuarial profession and financial regulators, outline ...

Speculation grows on super tax breaks

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2012
Two days after opposition Treasurer Joe Hockey said in a landmark interview that Australia needs to end its cult of welfare entitlement, speculation is rising the government is considering a clampdown on untargeted superannuation tax concessions. On ...

ETPs have record start to the year

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2012
Global exchange traded products have had a record start to the year, according to BlackRock's latest ETP Landscape Industry Highlights report for Q1 2012. Net new assets of US$67.3bn were attracted during Q1 2012, a 57% jump over Q1 2011's US$42.8 billion. ...

Negative gearing property distortions here to stay

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2012
First home buyers are already being squeezed out of the market by investors and, as residential investment becomes attractive to self-managed super funds, fears are growing the squeeze will get even tighter. John McGrath, a real estate and investment ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2012
Australian stocks have opened more than one per cent higher after a successful Spanish bond auction eased concerns over the euro zone debt crisis. At 1012 AEST on Wednesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 49.3 points, or 1.15 per cent, at 4,338.1 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2012
The Australian dollar is three quarters of a US cent higher after a successful Spanish bond auction reduced fears of a fresh European debt crisis. At 0700 AEST on Wednesday, the currency was trading at 103.89 US cents, up from 103.14 cents on Tuesday ...

Rainmaker releases 2012 platform report

RACHEL DAVIS  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2012
The platform market is increasingly dominated by its leading players which are now harnessing their grip on its distribution channels to create a vertically integrated wealth management eco-system, according the just released 2012 Rainmaker Platform ...

Dip buyers buy the dip

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2012
The Gremlins are coming back to haunt. Or so it'll seem as you read reports reporting that, once again, we're doomed. Yes Virginia, you'll be scared off your pants to know that the S&P 500 index posted its biggest weekly loss in 2012. It fell an earth-shattering ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2012
The Australian market looks set to open higher, despite a mixed lead from Wall Street as investors weigh better-than-expected US retail sales numbers, a sharp slowdown in New York manufacturing and renewed eurozone debt tensions. At 0750 AEST on Tuesday ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2012
The Australian market is set to open lower after global stock markets dropped on concerns that Spain and Italy may be the next countries to succumb to the eurozone debt crisis. At 0753 AEST on Monday, the June share price index futures contract was ...