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Acadian counts corp governance risk

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 APR 2010
Boston-based Acadian Asset Management has added another quantitative measure to its investment process to gauge corporate governance risk within listed companies. The 'management behaviour' measurement allows the team to evaluate the quality of a company's ...

How high and how long

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 APR 2010
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times..." These words from Charles Dickens' novel, A Tale of Two Cities, have again been brought to life by two opposing monetary prescriptions by two central banks - further interest rate hikes for the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 APR 2010
The Australian share market has received generally positive leads from overnight trading overseas, with Wall Street closing flat to higher, gold and oil prices rising, while silver and base metal copper eased. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0739 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2010
Australian stocks were almost one per cent higher at noon led by the major miners as investors await the central bank's cash rate decision. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 40.6 points, or 0.83 per cent, at 4,948.3, while the broader ...

Perpetual Select Super to slash insurance premium by 40pc

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2010
The $850 million Perpetual Select Super Plan has terminated its insurance mandate with ING Australia and appointed AIA as its new insurer - a move that saw the plan cut premium rates by up to 40 per cent for some members. Perpetual's decision to take ...

Futuro grows planning network

PRESS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2010
Futuro Financial Services has increased its national network by nearly 50 per cent to 93 per cent in the past 18 months. The independent financial planning group had 64 authorised representatives in October 2008 but that number reached 93. The group ...

Easter egg hunt

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2010
Has sentiment on Wall Street really, truly changed to positive? Or have financial markets only engaged in an Easter egg hunt for positive news? Read the post-Easter headlines and no matter where you look, financial markets are celebrating not only the ...

Perpetual tops S&P review

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 1 APR 2010
Perpetual has become the only manager to receive a five-star rating in S&P Fund Services' latest review of the Australian Equities - Large Cap sector-specific peer group. The peer group includes four investment strategies offered by four managers. S&P ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 APR 2010
The Australian stock market has received mixed leads from offshore markets, with Wall Street trading lower but gold, oil and silver prices firmer. At 0730 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index contract was up 13 at 4,892 points ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2010
The Australian share market opened flat after a weak lead from Wall Street on Tuesday. By 1017 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up three points, or 0.06 per cent, at 4,919.8 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index had gained 6.1 points ...