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Japan bond jitters keep funds guessing

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2011
US treasuries may fall in value following the Japanese earthquake, with fixed-interest fund managers assessing their exposure in the wake of the disaster. Japan is the second largest foreign holder of US Government bonds after China, holding $882.3 ...

Super funds urge MySuper rethink

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2011
There are better ways to deliver the aims of MySuper than those currently being explored by the government, super fund experts said. Shifting the focus from fees to the total profit that funds extract from MySuper products and even limiting that amount ...

The day the earth moved

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2011
Floods, cyclones, earthquakes, tsunamis, what will Mommy Nature unleash next? By now you've surely read or heard about the 8.9 magnitude earthquake that hit Japan on 11 March 2011 and is still wreaking havoc on the world's third biggest economy. The ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2011
The Australian market is receiving strong, negative leads from offshore trading overnight, with foreign markets spooked by the crisis in Libya, and poor data from China, the US and Spain. On the ASX 24 at 0832 AEDT, the March share price index futures ...

New benchmarks act like analysts

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2011
An experimental index-filtering exchange-traded fund could one day put professional stock-pickers out of a job, the product's developer has said. Investment services firm Russell Investments has developed a series of portfolio construction tools with ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2011
The Australian dollar has risen a third of a US cent, as the market digests mixed local employment figures. At 1200 AEDT, the local unit was trading at 101.05 US cents, up from Wednesday's local close of 100.71 US cents. Since 0700 AEDT, the Australian ...

State Super FS appoints MD

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2011
State Super Financial Services (SSFS) has named Deloitte Consulting partner, Michael Monaghan, as new managing director with Peter McKillop retiring from the position in May. While currently at Deloitte, Monaghan's previous experience includes chief ...

Fund managers eye 'cheap' Japan

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2011
Attractive valuations, a predicted rise in industrial consolidation and the possibility of a depreciating currency are leading some fund managers to believe that the time is now to invest in Japan. In contrast to the rest of Asia, the Bank of Japan ...

Oil central bank

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2011
Wall Street bobbed up and down along the zero line last night, seemingly lost as to which way to go. At the end of the bell in New York, it decided just to stay put with the S&P 500 and the Dow just a teeny-weeny bit (0.01 per cent) below the zero line. ...

CFS slashes entry bar to wholesale platform

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2011
Colonial First State has launched an aggressive bid for market share by opening Australia's biggest wholesale investment platform to small investors, positioning itself for a future commission-free superannuation market. Colonial, a subsidiary of the ...