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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2008
The Australian sharemarket was two per cent lower at noon after falls in the financial sector outweighed strength in resources. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index fell 74 points, or 2.03 per cent, to 3,566.7, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

Quadrant gives away $1000 rollover prize

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2008
Quadrant Superannuation is offering its members the chance to win $1000 if they roll over their super. In a newsletter emailed to members, the super fund gave its members the opportunity to win the cash until mid December. Members with more than one ...

Farmers get free advice

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2008
The Financial Planning Association of Australia's (FPA) pro bono advice program trial in the New South Wales region of Sunraysia has resulted in a dozen referrals from rural financial counsellors to financial planners just over a year. Susan Grice ...

GFC wipes $80b FUM

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2008
Retail managed funds in Australia suffered nearly $80 billion in losses, according to data from Plan for Life. Overall retail managed funds at the end of September totalled $513 billion, down 15.2 per cent or $78.1 billion over the past year. Macquarie ...

PLUM's new chief to push comms

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2008
Plum Financial Services' new managing director Paul Carter flags plans to boost its communication campaign and delay some investment projects scheduled for next year to 2010 to steer Plum through a difficult 2009. Carter, who took over the reigns from ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2008
... Congress and the White House finalized an agreement on $15 billion in aid for Detroit's struggling car companies. However, the plan still faces headwinds as Republicans raised concerns about the bailout. The plan negotiated by the White House is being ...

Complaints on the rise: FOS

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2008
The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) is urging financial services providers to invest more in staff and systems to deal with client complaints after it found a high 23 per cent increase in the number of new disputes this year. FOS has released its ...

Bellwether hires AFM for mandate search

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2008
Bellwether Partners has appointed AFM Investment Partners to source wholesale and institutional mandates. Bruce Bell, Bellwether Partners chief investment officer, said the firm always planned to hire an investment mandate specialist once the investment ...

Lowenhaupt Global Advisors lands in Oz

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2008
US-based specialist financial advisory firm Lowenhaupt Global Advisors has set up shop in Sydney. Lowenhaupt Global Advisors, a firm that calls wealthy families its niche audience, has opened a Sydney office - the latest addition to the firm's existing ...

Pensions deficit hits US firms

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 9 DEC 2008
... funded over no more than seven years," said Adrian Hartshorn, member of the Mercer Financial Strategy Group. "Without relief, plan sponsors must shoulder the immediate burden of sudden, unexpected large increases in plan contributions at a time when ...

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Mercer Super chief executive steps down

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |   12:01PM
Mercer Super chief executive Claire Ross is departing after almost 17 years in senior leadership roles at the retail super fund.

AusFood Super looks to revitalise member engagement

MATTHEW WAI  |   11:30AM
The $3.5 billion super fund has partnered with InvestStream to launch RetireSmart+, becoming the first super fund to bring an AI-powered engagement experience to some 66,000 members.

L1 Group posts 'marked recovery' in June quarter

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |   12:13PM
L1 Group has reported a marked recovery in investment performance in the June quarter.

European PE firm mandates Apostle with Australian distribution

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |   11:50AM
Apostle Fund Management has been appointed by European investment firm Triton Partners for the distribution of its credit strategies in Australia and New Zealand.

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