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ETFs slash fund fees to 15bp

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2009
Australian trustees looking to slash fees should have a good look at the US public sector quasi-industry fund, the Thrift Savings Plan, that uses Exchange Traded Funds (ETF) to deliver total fees of just 0.15 per cent. Thrift is a US pension fund used ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2009
... of gold in Sydney was $US1,131.40 per fine ounce, down $US31.27 on Tuesday's closing price of $US1,162.67. At 1210 AEDT, major gold stocks were lower, with Lihir down nine cents, or 2.68 per cent, at $3.27 and Newcrest Mining dropping 96 cents, or 2.69 ...

Debt load

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2009
... downgraded its debt rating to BBB+ with a negative outlook. According to reports, this is the first time in 10 years that a major international ratings agency has placed Greece below an A grade. The downgrade was prompted by Fitch's concern over Greece's ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2009
... downgrades and warnings directed at several governments, reports showed manufacturing is weak in the UK and Germany, and major US companies announced poor earnings. At 0807 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price index contract ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2009
... Rio Tinto had gained 55 cents, or 0.77 per cent, to 72.14. Shaw Stockbroking senior dealer Jamie Spiteri said gains in the major resource stocks were pushing the main indices higher on Tuesday. "They got sold off here yesterday in light volume in anticipation ...

Van Eyk ventures into NZ

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2009
Van Eyk Research has taken its first major step into the New Zealand market with the signing of AMP Financial Services New Zealand as an anchor client. Van Eyk chief executive Mark Thomas said the firm has watched closely the emergence of the Kiwi Saver ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2009
... $1.05, or three per cent, to $35.70 and investment bank Macquarie Group gained 56 cents, or 1.2 per cent, to $49.03. The major banks gained, other than National Australia Bank, which fell two cents to $28.08. Westpac rose 19 cents, or 0.8 per cent, to ...

Boardrooms lack female directors: research

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2009
... said Ruth Medd, chair of WOB. She said more could be done on how boards select directors. "A key reform is removing the major barriers to women achieving directorship roles - the lack of transparency in the current system of board appointments and an ...

Trustees snub Asian equities

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2009
... research, sponsored by third party marketing firm Shed Enterprises, surveyed 20 of the country's largest super funds and major investors with a combined $207 billion in funds under management. The average FUM of the super funds that participated is around ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2009
... investors would be looking to see the US government's November unemployment report, which is published overnight on Friday. The major miners led declines. BHP Billiton fell 72 cents, or 1.7 per cent, to $41.75 and Rio Tinto fell $1.74, or 2.4 per cent ...