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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUL 2010
... Tuesday, the Reserve Bank of Australia holds its monthly board meeting to consider, inter alia, its position on the official interest rate. It's to release its decision at 1430 AEST. The Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry is scheduled to release ...

Central plank of Cooper Review is MySuper

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 5 JUL 2010
... super funds). The review noted that MySuper is designed with two large groups of members in mind: those who take no real interest in their super (at least not initially) and those who choose to be in a large, low-cost and well-managed product where the ...

Review reinforces power of fund scale

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 5 JUL 2010
... recommendations. "Many funds lack the scale necessary to provide optimal outcomes to their members and, in some cases, trustee self-interest has hindered rationalisations that are clearly in members' interest," noted the review. The review panel is also ...

Cooper Review wants bigger role for APRA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 5 JUL 2010
The Super System Review's recommendation to expand APRA's role among superannuation could be the key to unlocking many of the potential benefits arising from the Review. This direction in the recommendations is strategically crucial because it is not ...

Perennial ramps up international business strategy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 5 JUL 2010
... invested across nine different portfolios, signing three international clients since December last year. "We've got some interest from the Middle East for Australian shares," she added.

SG survives mining tax deal

ALEX DUNNIN, MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUL 2010
... at MCA. The Association of Superannuation Funds (ASFA) has welcomed the compromise deal, as have other superannuation interest groups. Market reaction The market responded positively in early morning trade, rising more than 1 per cent at open and remaining ...

Diageo funds deficits with whiskey

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUL 2010

Bad news bears

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUL 2010
Looks like the financial markets are not getting any reprieve from this month's instalment of economic data releases. You guessed it! It was another down day on Wall Street overnight as Murphy's Law made its presence felt. "If anything could go wrong ...

SEC hunts BP oil spill scammers

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2010
... action followed concerns about the accuracy of publicly available information regarding the BP's purported expression of interest in using so called "oil fluidiser technology", allegedly licenced to ACT's wholly-owned subsidiary for the cleanup. The ...

EOFYS

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUN 2010
... have already tightened rules on property market development and investment, raised banks' reserve requirements, guided interest rates lower, mandated less lending, etc. And that etcetera may be its recent announcement committing to a more flexible exchange ...