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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2009
The Australian share market is expected to open little changed following a mixed lead from US stocks. Gold miners are likely to gain after the price of the precious metal increased. At 0747 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March SPI futures ...

NCSF and Catholic Super to merge

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2009
National Catholic Superannuation Fund (NCSF) and Catholic Super have joined forces to form a $3 billion super fund giant with more than 70,000 members. Both funds signed a heads of agreement to work towards a merger following months of discussions. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2009
The Australian share market is expected to open higher after US stocks gained on better-than-expected earnings reports from Citigroup and General Electric. Gold miners may decline after the precious metal fell on Friday. At 0733 AEST on the Sydney Futures ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2009
The Australian share market is expected to open lower on Wednesday following falls on Wall Street after a weak retail sales report punctured the market's optimism about the economy. At 0702 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March SPI futures ...

China caps executive pay

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2009
Developed world economies looking for China to buy their bonds and save their economies could also look to the Asian tiger to solve the problem of excessive executive pay. The Ministry of Finance in China has ordered all state-owned financial institutions ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2009
The Australian share market was nearly 1.5 per cent lower at noon, with banks and the mining giant BHP Billiton posting falls after a drop on Wall Street overnight. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 was down 55.2 points to 3651.1, a fall of 1.49 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2009
The Australian share market is expected to open in negative territory as Wall Street plunged over two per cent overnight. At 0706 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March SPI futures index was down 50 points at 3,690. In economic news on Tuesday ...

Inalytics to compare transition managers

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2009
Research consultancy group Inalytics is set to build a giant database of transition events that will help super funds compare transition managers based on fees - a comparison tool that has caught the attention of major asset consultants. Inalytics scored ...

RBC Dexia bids faxes goodbye

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2009
RBC Dexia has taken additional steps to move custodial managed funds processing from being a manual to an automated approach following the adoption of the SWIFT messaging for Australian funds. Under the new service, the custodial services provider can ...

AIG Australia weathering US storm

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2009
AIG Life Australia has withstood the US financial storm to post record increases in sales and customer loyalty, thanks to a communications program that could raise the standard for the level of disclosure customers expect from their insurers. Rather ...