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Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2014
The share market has recovered most of its early losses to be relatively flat. The big miners remain in negative territory amid heavy falls in the iron ore price, but gains by several industrial and energy stocks, as well as Telstra, are offsetting ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2014
... amount on Friday so the lead-in for our market tomorrow is reasonable," Dr Oliver said. Gains in global stocks appeared to offset a drop in the iron ore price, which last week fell below US$100 a tonne to $US99.80. At Friday's local close, the benchmark ...

FEATURE: Rethinking fixed income

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2014
... Treasury yield. While there are a number of approaches available on the market to mitigate against interest rate risk, each is offset by another downside risk of its own. Experts agree that the most sensible approach is likely to involve diversification ...

SuperStream savings 'nowhere near' estimates

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2014
... to go up. "So a lot of the benefits we think we're going to see from getting stuff through the gateway will be directly offset by the increased clearing house cost." He went on: "Yes, there will be some gains, definitely they will be some gains, but ...

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 ...