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Bring it on

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2012
If there's one thing I regret about last night's financial market activity it's that Wall Street and European bourses did not slide bigger time. It would have been one hell of a buy-op, ey Virginia? Another chance to accumulate more at reduced prices. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2012
The Australian dollar has dropped on concerns about Chinese growth coupled with renewed fears for the euro zone. At 0700 AEST on Wednesday, the Australian dollar was trading at 102.50 US cents, down from 103.03 cents on Tuesday. Bank of New Zealand ...

Member interests and employer choice paramount

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2012
Member interests and not the interests of competing funds is paramount for default super, said FSC and the AIST in their parliamentary submissions. The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) and the Financial Services Council (FSC) have ...

ETN fears grow following price plunges

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2012
Growing use of exotic Exchange Traded Notes is raising fears in the US, following a price crash in a popular ETN that was tracking the VIX index, that the notes are poorly understood. ETNs, as distinct to regular Exchange Traded Funds, are a form of ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2012
The Australian market looks set to open flat. At 0700 AEST on Tuesday, the June share price index futures contract was at 4,315. In economic news on Tuesday, the Australian Industry Group/Housing Industry Association performance of construction index ...

SWFs have liabilities to manage too

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2012
The $5 trillion sovereign wealth fund sector is poorly served by the investment management industry which doesn't understand their risk management requirements, claims a just released joint study by the EDHEC Risk Institute and Deutsche Bank. The misunderstanding ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2012
The Australian market looks set to open lower after falls on Wall Street following indications the US Federal Reserve is worried about a hiring slowdown but appeared unlikely to buy more bonds to boost the economy. At 0650 AEST on Wednesday, the June ...

Business continues to resist 12pct SG

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2012
The superannuation industry might have unsurprisingly welcomed the passing of the SG increase, but the business lobby is continuing to voice its opposition to what it sees as a de facto tax rise. Speaking on ABC radio last week, chief executive of the ...

ECT assessments spike on government cap decision

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 2 APR 2012
The number of Excess Contributions Tax notices issued in the 2009-10 financial year has spiked by almost 296%, according the latest statistical update from the ATO. The sharp incline from 15, 315 assessments issued in 2008-09 to 45,330 in 2009-10 is ...

IOOF cuts DKN platform fees

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAR 2012
IOOF Holdings will re-price DKN's platform badge of BT Wrap, lowering its fees six months after it completed its purchase of the dealer group. Effective from May 1 this year, DKN Financial Group existing and new clients will pay lower fees on the platform ...