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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2009
The Australian sharemarket is likely to open lower on Wednesday following a negative lead from the US and weaker commodity prices. At 0709 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was 62 points lower at 3,682. In ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2009
The Australian share market was weaker at noon on lower commodity prices and a mixed US lead, ahead of the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) decision on interest rates later on Tuesday. At 1201 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down ten points ...

UK pensions demand more face time with fundies

PRESS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2009
A survey of UK workplace pension funds representing $400 billion in assets found pension funds are putting more fund managers on a "regular performance review". The National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF), which 1,200 pension funds and $1.6 trillion ...

Experts pick top stocks and sectors

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2009
Financial planners should look towards the mining sector and good value small to mid-cap stocks to boost returns in Australian equities allocations over the next two years, according to industry experts. Craig James, chief equities economist at CommSec ...

Timbercorp buy passes sole purpose test

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2009
The $1.5 billion First Super, which last week entered a consortium to snap up collapsed Timbercorp's forestry assets, will not be in breach of the sole purpose test if the deal was to be finalised, said a superannuation expert. Michael Vrisakis, partner ...

Lost decade redux

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2009
Sales of Bud (Budweiser) would have picked up during the weekend's 4th of July holiday in the US. Half would have downed the 'Great American Lager' in celebration of the June quarter surge on the Street. The other half - those looking at the week's ...

AFA renews call to restrict 'financial adviser' term

PRESS RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2009
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) is again calling for Treasury to restrict the term 'financial adviser' amid a barrage of negative media reports on the planning industry. Richard Klipin, chief executive of the AFA, said the term 'financial ...

First Super mulls Timbercorp rescue

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2009
First Super, the $1.5 billion industry super fund for the furniture, pulp, paper and timber industries, has entered a consortium with South Australia-based Penola Pulp Mill and the management of Timbercorp Forestry to discuss the acquisition of Timbercorp's ...

Hedge funds on a refund policy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2009
Hedge fund investors are developing new fee structures around long-term performance - putting in place a "refund" clause if the hedge manager underperforms. The latest State Street Vision report on the sector found hedge fund investors are developing ...

AUSTRAC to probe anti-money laundering breaches

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2009
The Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC) has accepted enforceable undertakings from Barclays Bank PLC and Mega International Commercial Bank Co for breaching anti-money laundering and counter terrorism laws. An AUSTRAC statement ...