J.P. Morgan wins City Super mandate

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J.P. Morgan to act as custodian for merged LG Super and City Super fund City Super, the superannuation fund for current and former employees of Brisbane City Council, has appointed... Read more continue reading

Motorists need to watch Middle East jitters

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Weekly Petrol Price Petrol prices continue to tracking sideways. According to the Australian Institute of Petroleum, the national average Australian price of unleaded petrol rose by 0.3 cents a litre... Read more continue reading

Profit season: Mixed, but earnings still growing

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Corporate profit season The general sense is that the profit-reporting season has so far proved very mixed. And the numbers back it up. Figures produced from Bloomberg show that there... Read more continue reading

Zenith Rates FRM Sigma as Highly Recommended

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Zenith Investment Partners (Zenith) Head of Alternatives Research Daniel Liptak said that occasionally an investment opportunity presents itself that questions why no one has offered something similar before. The FRM... Read more continue reading

SMSF sector set for further growth as trustees say they outperform large super funds, new SPAA / Russell research says

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Contribution cap limit has $15.1 billion impact Investments outside SMSFs are key to asset allocation SMSF trustees prefer partnership approach The Self-managed superfund Professionals Association of Australia (SPAA) and Russell... Read more continue reading

BetaShares US Dollar ETF debuts as top 10 most traded ETF on ASX

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AUM more than doubled in second week of trading Median trade was A$15,000, indicating pent up demand from retail investors for access to U.S dollar exposure in a simple, transparent... Read more continue reading

Minister Shorten: Please read the writing on the wall, lives are worth insuring

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The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) is again calling on the Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation, Bill Shorten, to become a true advocate of the financial advice industry and... Read more continue reading

Retailers benefit as consumers continue to spend

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CBA Business Spending index The Commonwealth Bank Business Sales Indicator (BSI) eased yet again in trend terms in January, but it certainly wasn’t all bad news. In fact only a... Read more continue reading

Weekly market & economic update – 18 February 2011

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Headline developments of the past week There was good news out of China with January inflation coming in lower than expected owing to a lower than expected rise in food... Read more continue reading

Korea and Australia Financial Investment Forum to increase investment

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The Australian Financial Markets Association (AFMA) and the Financial Services Council (FSC) of Australia today joined with the Korea Financial Investment Association (KOFIA) in signing an agreement to establish the... Read more continue reading