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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 NOV 2014
The Australian market looks set to open lower in a likely quiet day of trade on Melbourne Cup day and following poor performances on international markets. At 0845 AEST on Tuesday, the December share price index futures contract was down three points ...

Macquarie announces $678m profit, appoints director

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2014
... Gordon Cairns to the boards of both Macquarie Group Limited and Macquarie Bank Limited. Cairns is currently chairman of Origin Energy Limited, and has sat on the board of Westpac. He was also previously director David Jones Limited and Rebel Group Pty ...

Mercer unveils longevity insurance product

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2014
Mercer has unveiled its much-anticipated longevity insurance solution, which it has called a 'world-first' and a 'retirement game changer'. Dubbed 'Mercer Lifetime Plus', the product behaves like a lifetime annuity, creating a 'pool of lives' and paying ...

Energy Super CEO explains disclosure decision

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2014
Energy Super's decision to publicly disclose the majority of its holdings on its website represents a shift in focus onto the growing cohort of members who want to know what their money is doing, according to the fund's chief executive Robyn Petrou. ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2014
... Projects Conference is on in Darwin. In equities news, BHP Billiton is slated to post its quarterly production report, while Origin Energy and Super Retail Group have annual general meetings. Telstra chief executive David Thodey is scheduled to speak ...

Govt moves to repeal super payslip disclosure rules

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2014
The government is moving to repeal a law requiring employers to disclose on employee payslips the amount of superannuation contributed and the date at which the contribution will be made. This move, however, will not remove super contributions from ...

Australia's pension system second best in the world

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2014
Australia's pension system is the second best in the world, according to the Melbourne Mercer Global Pension Index. With a score of 79.9%, Australia outperformed the Netherlands, Switzerland, Finland and Sweden in the index, and was just behind Denmark ...

TH Real Estate buys up Brisbane shopping centre

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2014
TIAA Henderson Real Estate (TH Real Estate) has made its first foray into the Australian retail property space, with an agreement to take a 75% stake in Mt Ommaney Centre, a regional shopping centre in Brisbane. The property will be acquired as part ...

QIC expands US operations with new appointment

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2014
QIC has appointed Vittorio Lacagnina to lead its capital formation efforts in infrastructure across North America and Europe. Lacagnina will be based in QIC's newly-opened New York offices. He was previously at SteelRiver Infrastructure Partners where ...

Hockey accuses Labor of making "a mess" of FoFA

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2014
Treasurer Joe Hockey has lambasted the Labor party for "complaining about its own laws" and making "such a mess of the entire crisis of financial advice." Hockey accused Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen of being "too busy in engaging with unfair dismissal ...