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Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2009
The Australian share market was trading at a two-month high at noon, after US stocks surged on the government's plan to remove bad assets from bank balance sheets. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 was up 51.8 points, or 1.46 per cent, at 3,602.1 ...

Not-for-profit super funds reign

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2009
Not-for-profit super funds have consistently beaten retail funds by an average 2.4 per cent per year over nearly a five year period - resulting in some retail funds' members getting around 40 per cent less in their final retirement benefits, new research ...

Treasure for trash

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2009
... market saw that it was good. Equity markets around the world rallied following the unveiling of the details of Geithner's Plan to unclog the credit pipeline by removing toxic assets from the balance sheets of financial institutions. Wall Street saw the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2009
The Australian share market is expected to rise after US stocks surged on the government's plan to help banks remove bad assets from their books and a report that showed existing home sales rose in the US. At 0736 AEDT, on the Sydney Futures Exchange ...

Austock appoints Youssef

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2009
Austock Group hired former Macquarie Bank senior adviser, Joseph Youssef as head of private clients in the firm's Sydney office. Youssef has more than 16 years of stockbroking experience at Macquarie, Bell Potter and AMP Asset Management in Sydney. ...

MSCI Barra ups liquidity reviews

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2009
... Index constituents across developed and emerging markets on a quarterly basis instead of half yearly as part of the firm's plan to deal with the credit crisis. In addition, MSCI Barra is looking to introduce a three month Annualised Traded Value Ratio ...

Euro fixed income ETF assets grow 250 pc

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2009
European based fixed income exchange traded fund (ETF) assets under management (AUM) grew 250 per cent to more than $62 billion in just under two years. The latest data from Deutsche Bank found fixed income ETFs grew from just under $18 billion to over ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2009
The Australian share market is expected to open slightly lower after US stocks, gold and copper fell on Friday. At 0741 AEDT, on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June SPI futures index was down 20 points at 3,467. In company news today, Sigma Pharmaceuticals ...

Storm subsidiary in liquidation

MEDIA RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2009
Geelong-based Victorian Families Retirement Investment Group has been placed in "provisional liquidation" after its parent company Storm Financial called in the receivers. The group was placed into provisional liquidation by the Federal Court in Brisbane ...

Investment mandates to factor climate change

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2009
Nine out of ten major super funds have changed or plan to review their investment mandates to reflect climate change issues, a survey found. An Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) and Climate Institute survey found 95 per cent of ...