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Mercer: Stronger Super adds pressure on funds

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2012
... industry, according to Mercer. Mercer said since the inception of compulsory super, the number of corporate super funds has fallen from 4,000 in 1996 to approximately 50 today. The introduction of the Stronger Super reforms means the Australian Prudential ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2012
... Shareholder services group Computershare's shares rose by 25 cents to $7.79 after it announced that its full year profit has fallen 41 per cent because of weak corporate activity. BHP Billiton was 19 cents higher to $32.35, Fortescue was 7.5 cents up ...

Regulators on post-Trio watch

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 2 AUG 2012
... Authority representatives. "ASIC quite understandably has had to deal with collapses - a lot of bodies that have already fallen off the cliff. "One of the lessons that has come out of that is that we need to identify some of those problems before they ...

Structured products right for the risk-aware

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 30 JUL 2012
... structured products, said George Lucas, managing director, Instreet. "It's not hard to understand why the inflows have fallen; investors are risk averse and leverage and growth products are getting a wide berth," said Lucas. In June 2012 only two new ...

Lucky in so many ways

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2012
... 2009)." Scared over the potential for another credit freeze? Relax. "The share of (Australian banks) offshore funding has fallen, and its maturity has been lengthened." "The current account deficit has, in other words, been easily 'funded' without the ...

CYRE Trilogy, APFG still fighting

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2012
... Bacon, CYRE Trilogy chairman, said CYRE Trilogy's pleas to the Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC) have fallen on deaf ears. APGF will put a vote to unit holders on July 25 to try and sell the responsible entity rights to Charter Hall ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2012
... with 7,758 contracts traded. RBS Morgans director of equities Bill Chatterton said it was unclear why the local market had fallen in early trade. "Across the board the market is having a breather," Mr Chatterton said. "We weren't expecting it to ease ...

Russell lauches new AEq value strategy

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 16 JUL 2012
... sustainable excess returns in the Australian equity market. "Value strategies, in other words - identifying companies which have fallen out of favour with the market and look cheap, are shown to outperform over the investment cycle and can form an important ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2012
... Street. At 0815 AEST on Friday, the September share price index futures contract was unchanged at 4,038. The US markets have fallen with traders shrugging off data showing US unemployment claims had fallen to their lowest level since March 2008. Locally ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2012
The Australian share market has fallen as investors sell off local mining stocks following falls on Wall Street. At 1200 AEST on Wednesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down seven points, or 0.17 per cent, at 4,090, while the broader All Ordinaries ...