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Subprime wipes 500bp off loonie pension

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2008
... critical factor for Canadian-based investors," said McDougall. "The loonie's (Canadian dollar) remarkable ascent against major currencies prevented most pension plans from benefiting from rising foreign stock markets," added McDougall. The MSCI World ...

Direct equities gain ground in platforms

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2008
... the change has also been a result of advisers becoming more sophisticated when tailoring portfolios for clients. Another major platform provider, BT Financial Group, registered a similar trend. Chris Freeman, the group's head of distribution, said managed ...

Market wrap - midday

... we can. "There has been an aggressive sell over last week, so you would expect some steadying in the market." Among the major banks, the National Australia Bank jumped 78 cents to $35.52, Westpac added 44 cents to $25.85, and ANZ added 48 cents to $26.42. ...

SMSFs keep portfolios unchanged

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2008
... Slattery, chief executive at the SMSF Professional Association of Australia (SPAA), concurred and said they did not expect any major changes to asset allocation as a result of uncertain markets. This follows a CompareSMSF survey of 950 SMSF users that ...

Govt urges auto-rolling of $9.7bn lost super

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2008
... incidence of lost accounts, it may also lessen the number of increasing unclaimed super accounts. "The Government really needs a major financial literacy program to accompany the 'auto roll' and to tackle the lost and unclaimed super problem once and ...

Russell adds Plato

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2008
... and JM Financial Group. Formed in 2004, Russell's Australian Opportunities Fund's total fund assets of $712 million with major holding's in BHP Billiton, National Australia Bank, QBE Insurance Group and Rio Tinto. Its market exposure includes 33.8 per ...

BRIC sector splits SRI managers

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2008
... Mercer research, emerging markets gained 25.1 per cent for Australian investors, more than double the 10 per cent return of major European markets. The glaring gap between the returns ignites the perennial debate on whether SRI investors are banking ...

Who cares about the US, it's Asia that matters

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2008
... interconnectedness however poses new geopolitical subtleties. Like how to attack the Japanese whaling fleet without upsetting our major trading partner. And it magnifies the importance of the fracas over Australia's poor treatment of the Indian cricketers. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2008
... since 2002, implying costlier energy and falling home prices deterred spending during the holiday shopping season. All three major US stock indexes ended down more than 2 percent. Based on the latest available data, the Dow Jones industrial average fell ...

GM takes sustainability mainstream

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2008
... subsidiary Saturn has just announced the launch of what they claim is the world's most fuel efficient car ever made by a major auto-maker. "For us at GM, the answer is perfectly clear. As a business necessity, and an obligation to society... we need ...