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The return of the cocooning consumer

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2009
The savings pattern of many Australians has changed dramatically since June last year, and it's uncannily similar to the way people saved after the Great Depression, research shows. Research conducted by Retail Finance Intelligence (Rfi) found the return ...

Future Fund offloads Telstra shares

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2009
The $58 billion Future Fund has sold 684.4 million Telstra shares or 34 per cent of its Telstra holdings to institutional investors. The Future Fund sold the shares at a price of $3.47 (gross proceeds $2.37 billion) through an underwritten sale to the ...

I feel your pain, literally

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2009
Taking emotions out of investing is easier said than done so rather than ignore them, planners can help their clients rebuild their financial wealth after the GFC by addressing their emotional wealth too, said a behavioural finance expert. Dr. Frank ...

Premium shareholders approve program

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2009
Premium Investors' shareholders have voted in favour of the board's proposed capital management program. Shareholders voted on three resolutions at a general meeting yesterday. The first resolution included an immediate off-market equal access buy-back ...

Perpetual poised to gain market share

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2009
Perpetual outlines its strategies designed to make its products and services more appealing to investors as sentiment towards equities turn more positive and the "dash to cash" comes to an end. Speaking at the company's full year results presentation ...

New head of sales for Macquarie Wrap

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2009
Macquarie Adviser Services has appointed ex-AMP executive Cameron Spittle as head of sales for Macquarie Wrap and Macquarie's cash solutions. With more than a decade of experience in the financial services industry, Spittle joins Macquarie after eight ...

HSBC wins AMP Capital mandate

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2009
HSBC-owned quant manager Sinopia has won a mandate to provide global passive inflation-linked bonds to AMP Capital's Future Directions Diversified Funds. As the specialist quantitative asset management arm of HSBC Global Asset Management, Sinopia manages ...

VicSuper and FSS win AIST scholarships

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2009
Peter Lunt, executive manager investments at VicSuper and Cristina Cifuentes, trustee director of First State Super, have been named the winners of the 2009 AIST Educational Scholarships. The scholarships - valued at $10,000 each and sponsored by Tyndall ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2009
The Australian share market has received generally positive leads from overnight trading, with all three key Wall Street indices finishing higher, along with oil and gold. At 0734 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index ...

Gen Y have unrealistic investment expectations: research

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2009
Gen-Y investors expect double-digit returns despite the fact that, on average, they hold a third of their investments in cash and are highly risk-averse, research shows. The RaboPlus sponsored data compiled by Celsius Research surveyed investors with ...