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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2008
The Australian stock market was in the black at noon on the back of a positive lead from Wall Street, after bargain hunting pushed US stocks up overnight. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 was 56.5 points higher at 5,653.2, while the broader All ...

Double the super for wealthier Australians

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2008
Well-off Australians are making double the effort to boost their additional superannuation contributions compared to their less wealthy counterparts, a new study has shown. Wealth benchmark's Personal Finances of Wealth Australians - 2008 Institutional ...

Australian super funds sticking with equities

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2008
Australian superannuation fund assets grew more than $125 billion last year despite a high allocation to equities in the face of falling markets, according to Watson Wyatt. The 2008 Global Pensions Assets Study surveyed the largest 11 pension markets ...

Deutsche boosts distribution

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2008
Deutsche Bank Asset Management has expanded its distribution arm, appointing Stephen O'Brien to head of institutional distribution in Australia and New Zealand and Cathryn Franks to retail national development manager. O'Brien previously worked at Tyndall ...

IPOs hit by market uncertainty

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2008
Stock market jitters and uncertainty in credit market, interest rates and inflation are all coming together to stall IPO activity, according to a survey just released by Deloitte. Steve Woosnam, Deloitte corporate finance partner, said while IPO seem ...

Fiducian FP attracts HNW clients

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2008
Fiducian financial planners have refined their skills and are attracting more high net worth investors than ever before. Indy Singh, managing director at Fiducian, said the company previously focused on delivering simple effective financial advice but ...

Gunning appointed Global CIO

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2008
Peter Gunning has been promoted to global chief investment officer at Russell Investment Group. Gunning, who has been with the group for 12 years, replaces Tom Hanly who moves to chief operating officer at Russell Investment Group. No replacement chief ...

CAAM capitalises on crisis

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2008
Credit Agricole Asset Management (CAAM) is steering its alternative investment strategies towards credit markets to capitalise on mispricing within the sector. Carl Dunning-Gribble, chief investment manager in alternative investments at CAAM, said the ...

Snowball rolls up three advice practices

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2008
Financial services group, Snowball has purchased a fixed proportion of business and revenue from three undisclosed Sydney based financial planning practices, adding almost $200 million in funds under advice to the group. This follows Snowball's purchase ...

Schroders expands fixed income team

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2008
Schroders Investment Management Australia has appointed Peter Fullerton to head of credit research in its fixed income team. The newly created position follows the appointment of Steven Hur to credit analyst in November last year. In this role Fullerton ...