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Super savings run out well before retirement: survey

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2010
The average retiree lives 17 years and their savings are expected to run out after only five, a new survey shows, proving yet again how most retirees are unprepared for life post-work, regardless of regulatory reforms. Analysis of the 2007 HILDA survey ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2010
The Australian share market is set for a strong opening after Wall Street posted its highest close in nearly a month on stronger industrial and technology stocks. At 0732 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index contract was 68 ...

NZ regulator extends AMP and AXA deadline

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUN 2010
New Zealand's Commerce Commission has delayed a final decision on AMP's bid for AXA Asia Pacific by two weeks to June 25. A Commerce Commission spokesperson said the regulator had agreed with AMP and AXA Asia Pacific on the extended deadline. The regulator's ...

UK pension lose $6bn on BP oil spill

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUN 2010
UK pension funds have a multi-billion dollar exposure to oil giant BP's share price, which has plummeted more than 36 per cent since the oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico. The UK-based National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF), which represents more ...

SSgA wins S&P licence for ETFs

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2010
State Street Global has acquired an exclusive license from Standard & Poor's to list and trade SPDR Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) based on the S&P/ASX 200. The S&P/ASX 200 is the primary gauge for the Australian equity market. It tracks the prices of ...

Mood change

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2010
... more to slowdown its economy. Europe is simply not doing it for them. Chinese exports surged by 48.5 per cent in the year to May - the fastest in six years. Also out, property prices jumped by 12.4 per cent in the year to May. There are speculations ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2010
The Australian share market has received positive leads from the offshore trading session overnight, after Wall Street closed firmer and commodities prices rose. At 0730 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index contract was up ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUN 2010
The Australian share market has received a mixed lead from offshore markets after Wall Street closed weaker but crude oil and copper ended firmer. At 0730 AEST on the Sydney Future Exchange, the June share price index contract was down 11 points at ...

All that glitters are gold ETFs

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUN 2010
A surge in gold exchange traded fund (ETF) investment has ranked ETF Securities as one of the largest holders of gold bullion in the world. Nigel Phelan, head of sales in Australia and New Zealand at ETF Securities, said the gold ETF structure equates ...

Korea's big four dominate pensions

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUN 2010
The top four service providers in Korea administer around half of all funded corporate pension assets in the country, and account for KRW 7 trillion of assets, according to Towers Watson's Korea Pension Report. The new report covers 53 service providers ...