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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUN 2010
The Australian stock market has had mixed leads from offshore markets overnight, with Wall Street, gold and silver trading lower, while copper and oil prices were higher. At 0730 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract ...

Securitor tags AFG for mortgages

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 21 JUN 2010
Planning group Securitor has appointed Australian Finance Group as the provider of mortgage aggregation services to advisers. The deal will see AFG provide mortgage aggregation services to Magnitude and Securitor advisers. "Advisers should be identifying ...

IMF settles with PIS on Westpoint

ASX RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 21 JUN 2010
Litigation firm, IMF Australia, has settled with Professional Investment Services (PIS) on behalf of a number of Westpoint investors. IMF announced the conditional settlement it has funded for certain Westpoint investors against PIS today. The terms ...

AIST alerts regulator on misleading campaign against super

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUN 2010
Superannuation body AIST rejects ad campaigns from mining groups claiming the proposed resources super profit tax (RSPT) will hurt retirement savings - and calls on ASIC to look into these "irresponsible" and "misleading" claims. AIST wants to alert ...

Haddock appointed chairman of ACSRF

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUN 2010
Former BNP Paribas deputy general manager, Richard Haddock, has been appointed as the new chairman of Australian Catholic Superannuation & Retirement Fund. His term is effective 1 July 2010. Richard replaces Kelvin Canavan, AM, who has been a member ...

Tone down fund rivalry: Clitheroe

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUN 2010
One of the most familiar faces in consumer finance, Paul Clitheroe, has urged super funds to reduce their fund ratings competitiveness, as these debates only exacerbate consumer confusion and impact their long-term savings. Fund ratings, including those ...

Dow Jones drops BP from indices

PRESS RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUN 2010
Oil giant BP has been struck from the Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes due to the Gulf of Mexico disaster. Dow Jones Indexes and Sustainable Asset Management (SAM) dropped BP from the indices as part of its rules on extraordinary events. "The extent ...

China proves resilience

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUN 2010
European markets may have come to a grinding halt due to sovereign debt fears in the region but the latest round of earnings in China show yet again the compelling diversification properties of Asian investments in a typical investor portfolio. Martha ...

Retirees brush off volatility to hold equities long term

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2010
Retirees might want less risk in their investment portfolios, but many tend to brush away recent market fluctuations to maintain a strong bias towards equities, new figures show. When asked whether market fluctuations have meant that retirees prefer ...

Perpetual taps global resources

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2010
Perpetual has launched its Global Resources Fund, a fund that provides access to overseas companies that won't be impacted by the government's proposed Resources Super Profits Tax (RSPT). The fund uses a bottom-up stock selection approach to invest ...