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Midday market wrap: Global pessimism weighs down Qantas

Qantas shares fell by 4 per cent during the morning session to $3.33 as the global pessimism engulfing the airline industry weighed heavily on investors’ minds...

ASSIRT critical of Advance's internal investment management

ASSIRT has raised concerns that Advance Funds Management’s (AFM) dual role as a supplier of third party products and a provider of its own in-house offerings is creating “strategic tension”...

Australians continue shift to property investment: report

Australians are increasingly favouring property as an investment option...

Morning market wrap: UK up, US down as uncertainty reigns

The confusion created by conflict was perfectly illustrated in New York and London yesterday as headline-driven, choppy trading saw one index finish higher while the other moved in the opposite direction...

APRA urges increase in DB funding as solvency levels fall

The Australian Prudential and Regulation Authority (APRA) is urging superannuation trustees and employers in Defined Benefit (DB) funds to increase their level of funding...

Equity markets still overvalued despite recent falls: Deutsche

Global share markets are still “overvalued and expensive relative to bonds” despite the well-documented slide in values over the past few years...

Super fund director gets four year ban

The Federal Court in Brisbane today handed down a four year ban to former QLS Superannuation (QLSS) director Gerald Parker for his role in approving a $2.5 million loan...

Investment Analysis: The stock-picker's market

The miserable performance of the All Ordinaries index over the last 12 months has generated a lot of pain for investors, but opportunities still exist for the canny stock-picker...

Afternoon market wrap: All Ordinaries fights back

The All Ordinaries index staged something of an afternoon rally to finish just 3.40 points lower following a weaker morning session...

MLC gets three stars for Australian equities management

Morningstar has given a three star rating to MLC’s style neutral multi-manager approach to Australian equities, expressing disquiet at its second quartile returns (net of fees and taxes) performance...