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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2009
Local banks pushed the Australian share market slightly higher at noon, after the United States Federal Reserve said major US banks that were ordered to raise capital had developed sufficient plans. Many of the resource stocks, including Australia's ...

BT and Shadforth extend Wrap deal

PRESS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2009
BT Financial Group has extended the firm's platform arrangement with Shadforth Financial Group for another three years, ahead of 12 separate financial planning firms joining the group in July. This announcement comes after a five-year arrangement with ...

Good news in inaction

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2009
Is this the beginning of the end? Gauging from last week's actions - rather inactions - by four of the world's major central banks, it appears that this is so. It had been a awhile since financial markets witnessed the kind of central bank activity ...

Insurance needs more disclosure

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2009
The insurance industry can help address underinsurance by moving faster towards simplified disclosure, with fees and commissions displayed prominently in Product Disclosure Statements (PDS). Financial Standard asked some of the country's leading insurers ...

Working mothers caught in tax snafu

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2009
A study revealing that low income mothers pay the highest tax rates highlights how the economic spotlight now on income-tax distribution in Australia is turning into a blowtorch. University of Sydney professor of public economics Patricia Apps has released ...

UK DB plans must shape up

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2009
UK fund trustees must become far more proactive in managing the funding status and investment risk, according to Mercer. A recent Mercer report found defined benefit pension schemes are under increasing pressure as buyouts become less feasible and the ...

Maritime Super to manage Teekay fund

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2009
... The $2.4 billion Maritime Super has been selected by Teekay Marine Services to manage the Teekay Shipping Superannuation Plan. The plan, which has $80 million in funds under management and 514 members, made the announcement yesterday that Maritime Super ...

Rainmaker Marketing Excellence Awards 2009

The best of the best in financial services marketing, sales and business development battled it out in this year's Rainmaker Marketing Excellence Awards, with the winners announced last night at the Shangri-La hotel in Sydney. This year's event gave ...

The liquidity trade-off

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2009
Commodities, currencies, infrastructure and private equity will feature prominently in the next generation of super fund investment options and with that comes problems with balancing member choice with the right liquidity policy. Bruce Garratt, intermediary ...

Hedge funds to get $60 billion boost

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2009
... process. The surveyed investors reported holding an average of 14 per cent of their portfolios in cash, which nearly 80 per cent plan to reallocate during 2009. The report, called Picking up the Pieces, forecasted at least $63 billion would be mandated ...