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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2011
Australian stocks look set to open higher despite mixed movements on international markets overnight. At 0707 AEST on Wednesday, the December share price index futures contract was 33 points at 4,078. Overnight, the Dow Jones closed just 7.65 points ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2011
The Australian market looks set to open little changed - or lower if it follows the slides on international markets overnight. At 0651 AEST on Tuesday, the December share price index futures contract was up 12 points at 4,106. In economic news on Tuesday ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 SEP 2011
The Australian market looks set to open little change, from last week's positive finish. At 0708 AEST on Monday, the December share price index futures contract was up eight points at 4163. In economic news, on Monday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics ...

Super funds push for better hedge fund governance

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2011
Four major super funds have joined forces to create a set of principles on how hedge fund managers should operate and manage risk - a move designed to improve investor confidence and stimulate more mandates into the asset class. ARIA, Local Government ...

ASIC warns CFOs after Westpoint sentencing

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2011
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission reminded the industry of its legal responsibilities after former Westpoint chief financial officer Graeme Rundle received an 18-month suspended sentence. Rundle, found guilty of two counts of making ...

Cloud software brings pay-per-audit revolution

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2011
New auditing software for self-managed super funds enables practices to avoid license fees by paying per audit. Financial services software provider Sage HandiSoft has created an audit application for SMSFs that is accessed online and stored in the ...

US S&P president replaced

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 AUG 2011
Devon Sharma, president of Standard & Poor's since 2007, has been replaced in the role by chief operating officer of Citibank, Douglas Peterson, three weeks after Standard & Poor's historic weekend downgrade of US sovereign credit. The McGraw-Hill Companies ...

Count Financial powers ahead with large profit, juicy dividend

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 16 AUG 2011
... its earnings per share growth to be 115% including the Countplus float, or 6% without. The results are subject to a final audit with annual results due on August 29. The company has declared a fully-franked dividend of 4c per share with the company going ...

Delaney retires amid MTAA board restructure

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2011
Michael Delaney is to step down as chief executive officer of MTAA Super in November as part of a major board restructure at the fund. A successor for Delaney, who has been in charge of MTAA since its inception in 1989, will be found later this year ...

Social media insurance wanted for share price protection

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2011
... for social media knowledge is unbelievable and boards want to push this into the area of responsibility for the risk and audit committees," said Fraser. "That is how seriously they are taking it because they are liable and they are going to be the ones ...