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New beginnings at Tower

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 17 JAN 2011
While tragic events in Queensland have forced the likes of Suncorp and IAG to brace themselves for hundreds of millions of dollars worth of claims, Dai-ichi Life's holiday takeover bid for Tower Australia is likely to have a more lasting effect on the ...

Investors tap emerging market debt

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 17 JAN 2011
When investors look to position their portfolios to benefit from the rapid growth of emerging markets, they usually look to emerging market equities. But for risk-adjusted returns, emerging market debt might be a better way to go. These are the views ...

Market Wrap - Mid Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 DEC 2010
The Australian sharemarket has shrugged off a positive lead from Wall Street to open weaker, led lower by miners. At 1015 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 7.7 points, or 0.16 per cent, at 4,776.3, while the broader All Ordinaries index ...

Super funds still lag in understanding ESG

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 17 DEC 2010
From trustee duties to properly implementing ESG practices, super funds still have a fair way to go in properly incorporating environmental, social and governance factors in their investments, a new report found. New research by Corporate Analysis ...

Movers and shakers of 2010

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 17 DEC 2010
Regulatory reforms, politics, and high profile M&A activity dominated the financial services landscape this year - Financial Standard looks back at the stories that shook up the industry this year. It was an extraordinary year in Australian politics. ...

Market Wrap - Mid Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 16 DEC 2010
Australian stocks opened marginally weaker on Thursday, following a soft lead from Wall Street on worries about eurozone debt woes. At 1015 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 5.2 points, or 0.11 per cent, at 4,762.6 points, while the broader ...

That sinking feeling

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 DEC 2010

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 DEC 2010
The Australian stock market was slightly firmer at noon as the financial sector offset weaker resource stocks in morning trade. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 3.4 points, or 0.07 per cent, at 4,770.3 points, while the broader All ...

Perpetual sees 8pc upside for ASX200

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 DEC 2010
Perpetual sees the potential for an 8 per cent upside in the ASX200 next year. That might seem modest, but it would be above average, according to data stretching back more than a century. According to Perpetual, the average price return of the Australian ...

ASIC clears up online disclosure rules

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 DEC 2010
ASIC has made a bid to clear the uncertainty of what is legal - and what's not - when planners and financial service providers deliver online disclosure to clients. Financial services providers that send disclosures such as statements of advice to clients ...