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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 DEC 2010
The Australian market is receiving strongly positive leads from offshore trading overnight, with all key securities indices higher, along with precious and base metals and oil. On the ASX 24 at 0711 AEDT, the December share price index futures contract ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 13 DEC 2010
The Australian share market was higher at noon, led by banks and miners, following a solid lead from Wall Street. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 20.8 points, or 0.44 per cent, at 4,766.7, while the broader All Ordinaries index was ...

AvSuper appoints Russell for admin

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 13 DEC 2010
The $1 billion-plus AvSuper has appointed Russell as its fund administrator - marking Russell's first mandate win for its new in-house administration model. Russell will replace Towers Watson, which outsourced its underlying administration to IBM SuperLife. ...

Best house in the slums

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 DEC 2010
Poor little rich kid. If you look at the performance of the Australian stock market since the start of the year and nothing else, you would be forgiven for concluding that the economy downunder is not enjoying the cheer of this yuletide season, no siree. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 13 DEC 2010
The Australian market has received mixed leads from offshore trading over the weekend, with Wall Streets' key indices higher, as generally were those in Europe. Precious metals and oil were lower. On the ASX 24 at 0649 AEDT, the December share price ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 DEC 2010
The Australian share market was marginally weaker at noon as the resources sector offset financial companies. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 6.1 points, or 0.13 per cent, at 4,735.2, while the broader All Ordinaries index was ...

Move beyond benchmarks: GMO

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 10 DEC 2010
GMO asset manager James Montier implored investors to move beyond policy benchmarks, and called for a risk rethink at a recent Investment Management Consultants Association conference. "The minute you give an investment manager a policy benchmark, all ...

Ireland looks to sovereign annuities

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 10 DEC 2010
As part of a broader effort to resolve its fiscal crisis, Ireland unveiled plans to develop a market for sovereign annuities earlier this week, which could be used by under-funded Irish pension funds to meet their defined benefit liabilities. After ...

Super up 8 pct to 1.28 tr

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 10 DEC 2010
Superannuation assets climbed 8 per cent in the year to end September, more than twice the pace of returns over the same period reflecting a recovery in contribution levels. Super assets climbed $55 billion in the September quarter to reach 1.280 trillion ...

Former Chartwell director pleads guilty

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 10 DEC 2010
Former Chartwell Enterprises director, Graeme Hoy, has pleaded guilty to 47 charges relating to the collapse of the firm. Chartwell, a Geelong-based company, allegedly traded investor funds on local and global financial markets. Hoy was charged with ...