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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2010
... lower amid profit-taking and a fall on Asian bourses, dragged down after a surprise interest rate rise by the US central bank. Australia's benchmark S&P/ASX200 index closed down 19.8 points, or 0.43 per cent, at 4,635.1 points, while the broader All ...

SuperChoice ups clearinghouse challenge

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2010
Superannuation clearinghouse provider SuperChoice has teamed up with banking giant ANZ to develop PayClear2, a new system that can help small to mid-size businesses process SG contributions faster and with more accuracy. It's hard to get excited about ...

Guggenheim buys Security Benefit

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2010
US-based Guggenheim Partners has agreed to acquire Security Benefit, owner of Bennelong Funds Management's global equities provider, Security Global Investors. Security Benefit is the 100 per cent owner of Bennelong's global equities manager, SGI. The ...

Prison sentence for finance fraudster

ASIC RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2010
Hugh Charles Gordon, the former head of Newcastle investment company Whet Investments, was sentenced to 18 months jail, for fraud. Gordon, of Redheads, New South Wales, will be released after serving eleven months but will have to enter into a recognizance ...

ANZ appoints Hogan as chief economist

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2010
... Corporation and NSW Treasury Corporation. Hogan is also secretary of the Australian Business Economists and a member of ANZ Private Bank's regional investment committee.

Market Wrap - Midday

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2010
... at 4,644 on volume of 14,393 contracts at 1205 AEDT. CMC Markets chief market analyst David Land said National Australia Bank (NAB) weighed on the market despite reporting a rise in cash earnings in the December quarter but BHP Billiton gained ground. ...

Mortgage trust managers have lots of questions to answer

JOHN KAVANAGH  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2010
... which was triggered by a sharp rise in redemption requests that followed the Government's introduction of a guarantee on bank deposits in October 2008. Most funds report that they have been able to meet the bulk of redemption requests by providing monthly ...

Stafford launches Verity

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2010
Financial services specialist strategic brand marketer Bruce Stafford has launched his own consultancy following his departure from QIC and several years helping to drive HESTA's expansion. His new consultancy, Verity Financial Marketing, will focus ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2010
... At 1203 AEDT, all the big banks were down, led by Westpac which fell 35 cents, or 1.38 per cent, to $25.08. Commonwealth Bank had dropped 30 cents to $52.88, National Australia Bank was off nine cents at $25.82, ANZ lost four cents to $22.03 and Macquarie ...

AXA AP angles for bigger slice of Aus market

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2010
AXA Asia Pacific's full-year report today shed some light on why it's being courted by National Australia Bank and AMP, but also how it plans to grow its local revenues in the next few years. This morning the group announced that its profit after tax ...