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Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2006
The Australian share market should open slightly firmer as some bargain hunting after recent losses is expected to offset any weakness generated from offshore leads. However, with US stocks remaining weak and global commodity prices broadly unchanged ...

AUSCOAL signs on with a burgeoning Bravura

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 15 MAY 2006
Bravura Solutions has announced it has signed an agreement with AUSCOAL Super for the provision of Bravura's employer and member services application ePASS. Industry super fund AUSCOAL signed on to Bravura's ePASS solution in a move that sees it replacing ...

Count takes stock of SMSF and reverse mortgages

Dealer group Count has released a new self-managed super fund (SMSF) tool, SUPERCENTRAL, and added reverse mortgages to its list of recommended products. Speaking at the group's annual conference held in New Zealand this week, chief operating officer ...

Comm Bank hedges against rising fuel costs

The Commonwealth Bank has launched a hedging product called the Commonwealth Bank Diesel Index designed to help investors control their fuel costs. "In a rising oil market, it's all about being able to budget and manage risk with more certainty. The ...

Weekly economic round-up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 MAY 2006
Interest rate concerns dominated last week's trading activity after the US Federal Reserve, as expected, announced another 25 basis point tightening in monetary policy, taking the federal funds rate target to 5 per cent. Investors' concerns were not ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 MAY 2006
The Australian share market should open weaker as a sea of red from overseas equity markets on Friday, coupled with softer base and precious metal prices and even weaker oil prices all combine to ensure another weak day for the local bourse. There are ...

More meat in Meat Super

... country" with above average returns to boot. The Meat Industry Employees' Superannuation Fund (MIESF), which manages super for red meat abattoirs and poultry workers, boasts a total expense ratio (TER) of 0.16 per cent on an average account balance of ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2006
... Telecom was again a drag on the market as fresh regulatory concerns depressed its price another 12c to 468. After being in the red in the morning, the benchmark NZSX-50 gross index ended 22.13 points ahead at 3738.15 while the NZSX all capital index ...

Boomer Budget bonanza

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAY 2006
... almost universal praise from the superannuation industry, is tailor made to boost savings from lackluster boomers while its red tape reductions should see advisers get back to actually being advisers. "ASFA's calls for greater adequacy and simplification ...

Super adviser loses license after ASIC super switching survey

A Sydney-based superannuation advice specialist has lost its license after the Australian Securities and Investments Commission's (ASIC) 'super switching' survey found it breached several compliance obligations. ASIC has revoked the license of SMS Advising ...