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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2009
... front on Thursday, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) assistant governor of economics, Malcolm Edey, speaks at the Foundation for Aged Care breakfast. The RBA monthly Bulletin is released. The Australia Bureau of Statistics (ABS) sales of new motor ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2009
... with market leader BHP Billiton down 44 cents, or 1.39 per cent, at $31.22. Rio Tinto Ltd major shareholder Australian Foundation Investment Company Ltd (AFIC) has expressed concern over Chinalco's investment in the company ahead of an expected extension ...

ETF assets to reach $1.6 trillion

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2009
Exchange traded funds (ETF) assets are set to eclipse the $1.6 trillion mark in the next two years - $500 billion more than its current assets, new research by Strategic Insight shows. Assets in global exchange traded funds raked in more than $1.1 trillion ...

Future2 calls for bushfire donations

PRESS RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2009
The Future2 Foundation has launched an appeal for the victims of the Victorian bushfires and is calling the financial planning industry to give generously. The appeal will be promoted to all 12,000 Financial Planning Association (FPA) members in a newsletter. ...

Myer shops for new IT suite

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2009
Investment services tech firm SS&C Technologies Australia has scored a deal with Myer Family Office to deploy its wealth management solution, Suite. Matt Browning, head of investment at MFO, said the financial planning firm was looking to replace its ...

More donations to help Bushfire Appeal

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2009
... ATM provider Cuscal is collecting staff donations which will be added to funds already collected by the Credit Union Foundation Australia and industry's peak body Abacus. To date, more than 750 properties have been destroyed, 360,000 hectares burnt and ...

Fin services firms support bushfire appeal

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2009
... customers can also talk to the bank to restructure their existing loans. Meanwhile, AMP, through its charity arm AMP Foundation, has also pledged $1 million to the 2009 Victorian Bushfire Appeal Fund, as managed by the Australian Red Cross. The firm ...

RARE wins $10m mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2009
The $1 billion industry super fund AvSuper has appointed RARE Infrastructure with a $10 million mandate. In a statement posted earlier this month on the AvSuper website, the mandate follows the fund's Trustee's decision to "further enhance AvSuper's ...

Obama: he's the man

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2009
... state of the economy calls for action, bold and swift, and we will act - not only to create new jobs, but to lay a new foundation for growth. We will build the roads and bridges, the electric grids and digital lines that feed our commerce and bind us ...

BGI appoints CIO

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2009
Barclays Global Investors' Australian chief executive, Morry Waked, has been promoted to chief investment officer and global head for BGI's global active equity business. Waked has handed over his responsibilities for Australia although he retains his ...