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Afternoon market wrap: All Ords retreats below 3,000-mark

The All Ordinaries index faded after lunch, retreating back below the 3,000-mark as three out of the four major banks moved into negative territory. Westpac was the worst hit, falling $0.21 to $16.56, although ANZ managed to eke out a slight gain, rising ...

Ireland sets new course for Mariner

Former Challenger managing director Bill Ireland has wasted no time in plotting a new course for Mariner Financial and Mariner Retirement Solutions by unveiling a link-up with Industry Fund Services (IFS) and investment bank Babcock and Brown that will ...

ACCC launches joint initiative to combat unscrupulous businesses

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) and its Consumer Consultative Committee (CCC) have announced today that it would launch a joint initiative aimed at stepping up action against businesses that exploit vulnerable or disadvantaged ...

Total managed funds fall 2% to $624.21 billion: ABS

The total value of managed funds in Australia during the March quarter stood at $624.21 billion, down 2 per cent from $635.09 billion during the December quarter and significantly lower than the $656.52 billion in March last year, the Australian Bureau ...

Standard & Poors lowers Tower ratings

Standard & Poor's Ratings Services has lowered the insurer financial strength and long-term counterparty credit ratings on various Australian and New Zealand subsidiaries of Tower Ltd to BBB-plus from A-minus. It also has removed these ratings from ...

Government appoints Graeme Samuel as chairman of ACCC

Federal Treasurer Peter Costello has announced the appointment of Graeme Samuel as the chairman of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) from July 1 for a period of 12 months. Costello said the position of chairmanship of the ACCC ...

Wine critic pours out frustration at fund managers

Leading wine critic Jeremy Oliver has criticised the increasing role that share industry analysts and fund managers, with little hands-on wine industry experience, are taking in strategic decision-making processes. Oliver believes decisions are being ...

Hedge fund survey reveals knowledge gap, yet increased demand

Advisers now consider hedge funds a 'mainstream investment option' but acknowledge that they need to find out more about them, according to an industry survey conducted by Hedge Funds of Australia (HFA). Of the 200 financial advisers surveyed, 69 per ...

Moody's places ADP on review for possible downgrade

Moody's Investors Service has placed the A1 issuer rating of AMP Diversified Property Trust (ADP) on review for possible downgrade following today's Stockland Trust announcement that it intends to make a full and unconditional offer to acquire ADP. ...

Single manager products a dying breed: InvestorWeb

The rise of master trusts and wraps in the retail market is strangling the single manager multi asset product, according to InvestorWeb Research. In its inaugural multi manager superannuation survey, it said that the largest corporate super funds in ...