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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2014
... Leighton Holdings its first quarter results. In Australia, the market on Monday had a flat day as gains among the miners were offset by falls in the financial sector. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index gained 4.1 points, or 0.08 per cent, to 5,462.2. The ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2014
... back end of the day because the banks, as much of a positive day as they are going to have, it's probably not going to offset the pressure on the materials." Despite its profit growth, ANZ was down 22 cents at $34.25, Westpac had fallen 25 cents to $34.87 ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2014
The Australian market looks set to follow Wall Street higher, with the Dow Jones reaching a new record after the Federal Reserve said the US economy was picking up after a winter slowdown. At 0810 AEST on Thursday, the June share price index futures ...

Catholic Super seeds new AllianceBernstein fund

ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2014
... low-volatility stocks to produce higher risk-adjusted returns over time than portfolios of high-volatility stocks. This can offset low-volatility stocks' tendency to underperform in bull markets. It emphasises high-quality companies and seeks to reduce ...

Think tank calls to end super tax concessions

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 22 APR 2014
... Treasurer Joe Hockey's recent comments that the government may consider raising the Age Pension eligibility age to 70 to offset a blow-out in costs caused by an ageing population. The Australia Institute proposes that Australia abolish tax concessions ...

Super fund custody 'fee holidays' revealed

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 22 APR 2014
... such as cash management, foreign exchange services and securities lending. These can all be put into the revenue mix to offset each other over the life of the contract. At the end of the day, the structure of the commercial arrangement has to make sense ...

Challenger sees sustained interest in lifetime annuities

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2014
... million to $10.7 billion. Challenger put this down to maturity of the $300 million High Yield Fund annuity, which was partly offset by retail annuity net book growth of $200 million. Challenger chief executive Brian Benari said: "Retail annuity sales ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2014
... Europe's main stock markets retreated further as Ukraine-Russia tensions and the IMF cutting its forecast for global growth offset robust British manufacturing data. London's FTSE 100 dropped 32.15 points, or 0.49 per cent, to 6,590.69 points, while ...

Better than good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2014
... because of "bad" China slowdown data. So it is with Japan with both the BOJ and PM Abe expected to unleash more money to offset the expected "bad" after-effects of the higher consumption tax. So it is with the European Central Bank (ECB). It might be ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2014
... following mixed economic data from the US. But CMC Markets chief market strategist Michael McCarthy said that had been offset by gains in oil, copper and iron ore prices. "We are caught in conflicting currents here because although we've seen weak leads ...