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Accountants expected to flood advice space

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2013

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2013
... based on positive Chinese trade data and strength in Telstra. "It's probably exhausted from its run yesterday," he said. "The huge run that you saw in Telstra yesterday... has eased back, but it's still a lot higher than it was say a week ago." Telstra ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 AUG 2013
... federal election would be held on September 7 was unlikely to influence the market. "I don't think you're going to see a huge amount of reaction until after the election is over," he said. Among the local miners, BHP was down 15 cents to $35.60, Rio ...

North Asian cyclical stocks 'unjustifiably cheap'

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2013
... cheaper, but it looks a compelling opportunity," Rae said. Likewise, Rae explained that different geographies were showing huge disparities in valuation between them. The ASEAN nations, for instance, are trading at a premium of 1.5 times while the Philippines ...

Breaking Australia's love affair with the lump sum

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2013
... qualifies for the Age Pension. As things stand, very few people will be able to fully fund their retirements, and this will put a huge strain on the Age Pension. This is a collective problem, and the solution will require consensus. ASFA's White Paper ...

R&D focus giving Asian companies greater pricing power

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2013
... effectively over the last three years and now dramatically outsell Apple in the Chinese smartphone market. Lenovo has also made huge inroads into the personal computer and laptop market. Greater awareness of brand and marketing has also led to Samsung ...

AMP director Adrian Emery departs

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2013
... marketing and sales Adrian Emery has left the company, AMP has confirmed. The financial services firm said Emery had made a huge contribution to the successful integration of the new sales division following AMP's merger with AXA in 2011. A veteran of ...

Super board quality compromised over pay rates

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2013
... the amount of money being paid to directors. "I think its actually around $32,000 or $40,000 and being (on a board) is a huge risk. They don't want to take much risk," he said. According to Rainmaker data looking at super fund annual reports to 30 June ...

Super fund mergers pose capacity problem

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2013
... of being dominated by one client. While the largest super funds are able to mitigate capacity constraints by putting their huge assets under management to work in giant unlisted infrastructure and real estate investments, second tier super funds are ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2013
... European stock markets rose, mirroring gains across Asia after the Federal Reserve had indicated it was in no rush to end its huge program for stimulating the US economy. London's FTSE 100 index of leading shares climbed 0.59 per cent to end trade at ...