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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2009
The Australian share market was maintaining its gains at noon, raising hopes of six consecutive days of share price growth if Tuesday's rally holds. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 50.3 points, or 1.5 per cent, at 3,398.7, while ...

Higher fees, more cover: AustralianSuper

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2009
One of the country's largest super funds, AustralianSuper, is raising its admin fees by 50 per cent and is broadening its insurance cover, all in a bid to improve member services. All of the fund's members' accounts are now being charged $1.50 per week ...

Lift retirement age, lower long term benefits: IMF

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2009
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said countries should consider lifting their retirement ages, raising pension fund contribution rates and containing age-related expenditures such as health costs. The irony however is that countries with largely ...

UniSuper stands up for ESG

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2009
... ESG as a separate category within "panel" structures whereby brokers are assessed and paid, while seeking to continually raising the profile for ESG inclusive research. It is also committed to collect data to track long-term performance of its research ...

Riccardian equivalence redux

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2009
... Riccardian equivalence theory posits that it does not matter how the government finances its spending - issuing bonds or raising taxes - the effect on overall demand would be the same. David Riccardo argued back in the 1820's that given increased government ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2009
... cent, to $4.45. Fortescue Metals Group Ltd shares have entered a trading halt pending an announcement about a capital raising. They last traded at $2.83. Wall Street fell on Friday, sending the Dow Jones industrials to new six-year lows, down 100.28 ...

WA planning firm moves east

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2009
Sydney-based financial planning firms are set to face even more competition after Western Australian advice group, Indian Ocean Capital, announced plans to expand into NSW. Indian Ocean Capital is made up of 14 financial advisors in Western Australia ...

Plusses and minuses

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2009
... reduction early this month to 3.25 per cent should reinforce market sentiment on the property market and retail spending by raising household disposable income. And did I mention lower petrol prices and easing inflation are also helping? Going forward ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2009
... announced that chief executive John Mulcahy would step down. Shares in Suncorp entered a trading halt pending a capital raising, last trading at $7.13. Shares in Macquarie Group Ltd gained more than four per cent after the investment firm said writedowns ...

Suncorp chief departs

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2009
... and will remain a chief executive and director at Suncorp until a new chief executive is appointed. "With the capital raising under way, it is an appropriate time for the board to advise the market of our intention to commence the transition of leadership ...