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Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2012
... to shift away from the safe haven Japanese currency. The Nikkei ended flat, gaining 0.09 per cent as late profit-taking offset early gains, to 9,171.16. Sydney eased 0.13 per cent, or 5.8 points, to close at 4,364.3, while Seoul ended flat at 1,946.31. ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 20 AUG 2012
... share market was relatively flat in early afternoon trade as falls by several large companies caused by dividend payouts offset other gains. At 1245 AEST on Monday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 2.3 points, or 0.05 per cent, at 4,372.4 points ...

Super asset changes deliver positive return

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2012
The SelectingSuper workplace default option index rose slightly during June 2012, tipping super funds into positive territory for 2011-12 with an annual return of +0.5%. While sitting below inflation, the silver lining is in the contrast with the -7% ...

Retiree living costs match CPI

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 AUG 2012
... proportion (compared to the CPI population) of their income on fruit and vegetables, which rose this quarter, though this was offset by a higher weight for pharmaceutical products, which recorded a fall this quarter. This, however, makes retirees more ...

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 ...