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G-20 gabfest at Gyeongju

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 OCT 2010
Heard at the G-20 gabfest at Gyeongju: blah, blah, blah... and more blah, blah, blah. As it always is when top authorities of the top nations meet, there's going to be too much chatter and too little done. Financial markets were right to expect that ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 OCT 2010
The Australian share market was slightly higher at noon, after a subdued lead from Wall Street overnight. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 12.8 points, or 0.28 per cent, at 4,635.7, while the broader All Ordinaries index had risen ...

Netwealth LifeWRAP goes live

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 22 OCT 2010
Netwealth Investments' integrated insurance facility for its platform clients, LifeWRAP, is now live, providing a centralised platform for netwealth planners and advisers. The product has moved from its beta stage in September and opened up across a ...

Pigs are bacon

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 OCT 2010
Something out of the "new ordinary" happened overnight. Wall Street climbed at the same time that the US dollar exchange rate went up. My trusted data source - Bloomberg - reported that, "The dollar strengthened against 13 of 16 major counterparts ...

UK fast tracks pension reforms

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 21 OCT 2010
The UK government has brought forward plans to raise the retirement age and increased the contributions public sector employees must pay to fund their retirements. Chancellor George Osborne announced overnight that the pension age will rise to 66 by ...

Snowball raises $18m through share placement

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 21 OCT 2010
ASX-listed company Snowball Group has raised $18 million through the placement of new ordinary shares at 38c per share in two tranches along with the launching of a share purchase plan. The share placement was over-subscribed and involved both new and ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 OCT 2010
The Australian share market was higher at noon, boosted by the resources sector after strong commodity prices overnight. At 1201 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 16.1 points, or 0.35 per cent, at 4,641.0, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

CFS GAM makes a case for raising govt debt

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 21 OCT 2010
A leading strategist at one of Australia's largest investment managers argues the case for more government debt in Australia, and says that super funds could play a key role in absorbing higher bond issuance. Stephen Halmarick, head of investment research ...

Sunsuper expands in-house investments

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 21 OCT 2010
The $15 billion-plus Sunsuper has appointed former Milliman consultant, Andrew Fisher, as portfolio analyst and plans to make further hires in the near future to boost its investment team. David Hartley, chief investment officer of Sunsuper, said Fisher ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 OCT 2010
The Australian share market was 1.3 per cent lower in intra-day trading, with offshore currency plays and China's surprise interest rate hike weighing on the market. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 63.6 points, or 1.37 per cent ...