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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 FEB 2011
... Cardno Ltd. Full year results are expected from Australand Property Group and AXA Asia Pacific Holdings Ltd. In New Zealand, Prime Minister Julia Gillard addresses the Trans-Tasman Business Circle in Auckland. On Monday, the Australian share market closed ...

Movers and shakers of 2010

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 17 DEC 2010
... industry this year. It was an extraordinary year in Australian politics. Julia Gillard became the nation's first female Prime Minister in June after support for Kevin Rudd vanished almost as quickly as it emerged, out of the blue, less than two years ...

Lift NZ retirement age to 67

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 DEC 2010
... Retirement Commissioner has recommended an increase in the country's retirement age to 67 but the proposal has been rejected by Prime Minister John Key. The recommendation was made in the three-yearly Retirement Income Policy Review, which was tabled ...

Super fund recovery 6pc but big funds fail to fire

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 6 DEC 2010
... that the scale large funds offer in administration and obvious ability to provide more services is quite distinct to the prime objective of super funds - strong relative returns. "The two can happen simultaneously but one does not imply the other," it ...

SG at 12pc will help Reserve manage inflation: Keating

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 3 DEC 2010
Former prime minister Paul Keating entered the debate over increasing SG to 12 per cent, arguing that it will help the Reserve Bank manage aggregate demand without raising interest rates. Keating, speaking on ABC television's Lateline program last night ...

RMBS under the spotlight

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 2 DEC 2010
... volatility, " said Rob Meade, PIMCO's head of portfolio management in Australia. Meanwhile Perpetual made a call last year on prime and non-conforming RMBS - an allocation that has helped its diversified income fund achieve a 10.45 per cent (after fees) ...

Prime Super restructures equities portfolio

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 2 DEC 2010
The $1 billion-plus Prime Super has overhauled its $570 million equities portfolio and withdrew mandates with State Street, BlackRock and BGI, while the fund looks for alternative assets to add to its investments. Lachlan Baird, chief executive of Prime ...

MTAA halts new money to 'illiquid' option

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 DEC 2010
... assets will continue to be an integral part of their\ strategic investment approach. Other super funds such as Westscheme and Prime Super, which share the same asset consultant as MTAA - Access Economics - also offer target return option strategies. ...

Rise of Asia bonds: Temasek

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 30 NOV 2010
Asia's appeal as multi-trillion dollar bond hub is set to accelerate as the region primes itself to become a key alternative funding source for investors, said the chief financial officer of the $147 billion Temasek Holdings. Leong Wai Leng, chief financial ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 29 NOV 2010
... from Wall Street after details of European Union and International Monetary Fund loans were unveiled in Brussels. Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen said the deal was vital to allowing debt-laden Ireland to move forward. "The final agreed program represents ...