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Super funds cautioned on climate risk

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2012
... strategic asset allocation." Funds should then be using qualitative assessments to think about the appropriate return to offset that risk, said Birgden. Citing carbon footprinting as another way for funds to evaluate risk, Birgden said the carbon price ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2012
... reported. Expectations were for a rate of 373,000. LONDON - European stock markets mostly rose, as gloomy economic news was offset by upbeat earnings statements by European blue-chips. London's benchmark FTSE 100 index closed essentially unchanged at ...

AGEST bungles returns

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2012
AGEST Super has written to some members advising them that they have either been under or over paid - after custodian BNP Paribas miscalculated returns. The mistake will cause approximately 5000 balances being revised down and 18,000 revised up. "We ...

REST Industry Super delivers 0.85%

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2012
REST Industry Super has delivered a positive 2011-12 return of 0.85% for its default Core option and 1.18% for same option in the pension division. The result having a 'plus' in front of it, stands in sharp contrast to the -7% delivered by the Australian ...

AGEST merger put on hold

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2012
... at $45 million," she said. When the legislation goes through, this $45 million worth of realised losses can be used to offset future capital gains tax. Bowtell said that AGEST is also mandating managers to report returns after tax. "We have this year ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2012
... late Wednesday's $US1.2467 in New York. HONG KONG - Asian markets closed mixed as a positive lead from Wall Street was offset by low expectations of concrete action at a key EU summit to resolve the spiralling eurozone crisis. The euro slid ahead of ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2012
... CAC 40 lost 0.30 per cent to 3012.71 points. US stocks scored solid gains, lifted by positive data on home prices that offset another decline in consumer confidence. The Dow Jones Industrial Average finished Tuesday's session up 32.01 points (0.26 per ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2012
... 0.39 per cent, to 4,056.3 points. NEW YORK - US stocks scored solid gains, lifted by positive data on home prices that offset another decline in consumer confidence. The Dow Jones Industrial Average finished Tuesday's session up 32.01 points (0.26 per ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2012
The Australian share market has opened flat with strength in materials stocks offsetting weakness across the financials sector after a disappointing trading session on Wall Street. At 1011 AEST on Friday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 2.4 points ...

MLC model shows social benefit of Budget

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUN 2012
... unfounded." The analysis considered changes to some marginal tax rates and income thresholds, a reduced low income tax offset, the removal of the Flood levy, a lower private health insurance rebate for some, a low income super contribution and the extra ...