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Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2012
... Wall Street posted a slight gain overnight, boosted by news of a cease-fire agreement between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Reactions were mixed to several pieces of economic data, with jobless claims down but still high, consumer confidence in ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2012
The Australian market looks set to open flat following falls on Wall Street overnight after Hewlett-Packard reported a quarterly loss due in part to a massive writedown, offsetting fresh data signalling recovery in the housing market. At 0640 AEDT on ...

The song remains the same

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012
The results are all in. The week of punting is over... almost. And what have we got? A few lucky ones who gambled their life savings on "Green Moon" to win the Melbourne Cup and those who chose the seven winning numbers in Australia's A$100 million ...

Woe R'Us

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2012
... meant to generate. Then there are my neighbours - three of them I exchanged neighbourly greetings while mowing my nature strip last weekend. I was outnumbered. All three are convinced that Australia is in recession. The exact same indication delivered ...

Aust super system failing retirees

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2012
Australia is headed for a retirement savings disaster, with increasing numbers of baby boomers resorting to the aged pension after spending their entire superannuation to pay off debt, a CPA Australia study has shown. In light of the new study findings ...

Lifecycle discussion needs context: Milliman

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 20 AUG 2012
The increased discussion of lifecycle products in a MySuper context needs to take into account lessons from overseas failures, including target date funds in the US, according to one consultant. Wade Matterson, practice leader at Milliman said the whole ...

New switching device cuts latency

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUN 2012
Trading times are on the brink of becoming even quicker with today's launch of the world's fastest switching device with a latency of 130 nanoseconds. "There was a time not that long ago when nobody cared about network devices and they were viewed as ...

netwealth unbundles super

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2012
netwealth has become the latest provider to unbundle its super offer with the launch of a next generation product to tailor investment and insurance requirements to the desired fee level. Matt Heine, executive director at netwealth investments said ...

Russell rethinks indices on expected bank windfall

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2012
... semi-annual reconstitution has been driven by attractive valuations and expected income from the banks. "With banks looking to strip excess Tier 1 cash reserves from their balance sheets, the most likely outcome will be a number of share buybacks, which ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 JAN 2012
Miners and energy stocks have added around one per cent to Australian shares after a successful French debt auction and good production results boosted risk appetite. Shares extended early gains driven by a strong sale of French treasury bills overnight ...