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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAR 2010
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open higher on Wednesday with Wall Street boosted by corporate takeover activity. At 0700 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price index contract was 27 points higher at 4,730. In economic ...

Underinsurance to hit crisis point

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAR 2010
One in five working Australian families will suffer the death of a parent or a serious health problem over the course of both parent's working lives, according to new research - but how that impacts their finances can depend on their insurance cover. ...

Prudential back in town

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAR 2010
Financial services giant Prudential will be the new owner of AIA Group (AIA), the Australasian life insurance businesses of AIG Group, in a deal worth US$35.5 billion - a move that potentially brings the Prudential name back in Australia after 12 years ...

Legalsuper member contributions rise

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAR 2010
Legalsuper has seen its voluntary member contributions increase by 6 per cent for the previous year - a stark contrast to APRA figures that show contributions plummeting almost 40 per cent across the industry over the same period. In total, legalsuper ...

Aviva Investors and Cbus win awards

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAR 2010
Aviva Investors has won the investment manager category and Cbus has taken out the superannuation category at the Melbourne Centre for Financial Studies 2010 Investment Stewardship Awards. The awards recognise achievement in product innovation, service ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAR 2010
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open in positive territory following strong leads from Wall Street and major world markets overnight. At 0823 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price index contract was 24 points higher at ...

Attack of the million-dollar virus

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2010
From 20 new viruses popping up on the web each day 10 years ago to 25,000 new viruses a day this year, the exponential growth of online security threats pose a big problem for many financial services firms. According to new research by security software ...

Wall Street's $22bn bitter pill

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2010
New York City's securities employee bonuses rose 17 per cent to just over $22 billion last year bringing the payments back to pre-2005 levels, according to estimates from the US state's comptroller. Thomas DiNapoli, state comptroller at the office of ...

Aus Unity improves customer software

PRESS RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2010
Australian Unity has hired Sword Ciboodle to improve its customer related business software and services. The financial services firm has developed a roadmap to deploy Sword Ciboodle across a number of businesses, with in initial focus on campaign management ...

ING IM appoints Taurus for gold strategy

PRESS RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2010
ING Investment Management has appointed Sydney-based Taurus Funds Management to invest in gold and precious metals within the OptiMix Diversified funds. Emmanuel Calligeris, chief investment officer, multi strategies group at ING Investment Management ...