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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2008
The Australian share market is expected to open lower today after Wall Street stocks tumbled in volatile trade as crude oil prices raced to record highs triggering fresh economic jitters. At 0746 AEST on the Sydney Futures exchange, the September share ...

Commissions mgmt systems need work

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUL 2008
Financial planners are flagging the need for better electronic payment systems as many continue to think poorly about the accuracy and quality of existing commissions management systems. A recent InvestmentLink survey shows 80 per cent of dealer licensees ...

AustralianSuper adopts daily crediting rates

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUL 2008
The $28 billion industry super fund giant, AustralianSuper is reporting all its investment option crediting rates on a daily basis, a move that sets a new standard for other industry funds to follow. Previously, the industry super fund calculated and ...

Fidelity tops growth funds list: S&P

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUL 2008
Standard & Poor's has upgraded Fidelity's Australian Equity Fund to five stars - making it the top rated manager for its growth capability. "The Australian equities - growth peer group comprises a good overall quality of managers, and most managers' ...

Rates on hold thanks to oil prices

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUL 2008
High oil prices is causing inflation to rise to nearly 5 per cent but at least they helped convince the Reserve Bank to not lift interest rates. Yesterday the Reserve held off pushing rates above their 7.25 per cent benchmark level citing slowing domestic ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUL 2008
The Australian share market is likely to open higher today tracking US markets which gained overnight. At 0804 AEST on the Sydney Futures exchange, the September share price index was down eight points to 5,130. In economic news today, the Australian ...

SAM green funds re-branded to Vanguard

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2008
Two Sustainable Asset Management (SAM) funds are shedding their SAM titles and will now fall under the Vanguard banner, as part of a re-branding exercise. The re-branded Vanguard Sustainability Leaders Australian Shares Fund and Vanguard Sustainability ...

Sovereign bonds bouncing back

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2008
Asia Pacific sovereign bond issues, which slowed dramatically during 2007, have recovered lost ground with A$11 billion in new issues in the last six months. The rise is so strong that second quarter 2008 issues are up 43 per cent on the same time last ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2008
The Australian share market remained in positive territory at noon as strong commodity prices powered resources stocks. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index had gained 26.6 points, or 0.53 per cent, at 5,264.6 while the broader All Ordinaries ...

PASF recruits UK pension CIO

The Professional Associations Superannuation Fund (PASF) hopes to make a bigger mark in superannuation land after appointing the former chief investment officer of a $9 billion-plus UK pension fund, Paul Kessell, as investment manager. PASF, which has ...