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ASIC calls for detailed disclosure on holdings of super funds

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAR 2012
ASIC Chair Greg Medcraft has called on all super funds to provide detailed breakdowns of asset allocation in member statements, saying simply reporting major holdings leaves room for cynicism. The rise of the self-managed super fund (SMSF) does not ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAR 2012
The Australian market looks set to open flat, despite a strong positive lead from Wall Street. The Australian dollar continues to trade above 106 US cents, after lifting to a 10-week high on Monday. CANBERRA - Finance Minister Penny Wong says she is ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2012
Australian stocks have opened flat, in defiance of a positive finish on Wall Street. At 1029 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 3.6 points, or 0.08 per cent, at 4,281.4 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index had risen 4.7 points, or ...

Social infrastructure not suited to pension funds: study

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2012
Pension funds should avoid investing in social infrastructure because of its inherent political risk and its small illiquid asset pool, according to a just released study by the UK EDHEC Risk Institute. In their report entitled "Pension Fund Investment ...

TSCGEMU

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 MAR 2012
It's a wrap! It took days of high drama to get there, but it got there eventually. That's the Greek second bailout package of course. Standard & Poor's didn't like it and lowered Greece's rating to "selective default". Moody's followed suit a few days ...

All Greeced out

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 FEB 2012

ESSSuper names new chief executive officer

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2012
... assured that the existing high levels of service and sound fund performance will continue," said ESSSuper president Frank King. John Simpson has been appointed as a government nominee to the ESSSuper Board. Simpson has extensive experience in advising ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 JAN 2012
... Australian dollar and several one-off costs. Volumes were light as US markets were closed on Monday for the Martin Luther King day holiday.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 JAN 2012
... Ordinaries index was down 46.5 points, or 1.09 per cent, at 4,208.9. NEW YORK - Wall Street was closed for the Martin Luther King public holiday. LONDON - Europe's leading stock markets shrugged off a wave of ratings downgrades, including that of France's ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 JAN 2012
... profit forecast for the six month to December to $270 million from $250 million. The US is on holiday today for Martin Luther King Day. On the economic front, traders will be watcing for for ANZ job ads and home loans data due out at 11.30am (AEDT).