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Should super go social?

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUL 2010
... of the Nation Report, more than 70 per cent of Australian mums are on Facebook, with the average age of a school mum at 40-plus.

SAP and Sybase merger gets ACCC tick

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUL 2010
The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission has given the green light to SAP's $7-billion plus purchase of tech firm, Sybase, which provides complex event processing and analytics services used in the finance sector. According to an ACCC statement ...

LGS spearheads green makeover of old buildings

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2010
... the buildings targeted to move to a NABERS energy rating of 5 stars, in line with new building performance. The $2 million-plus grant follows a series of green upgrades to LGS' $500 million direct property portfolio through the implementation of its ...

Seven US banks close in a week

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2010
... following the GFC. Calculations on total deposits of these seven lenders show that the institutions had a combined $2 billion-plus of deposits. But not all of these banks collapsed because of losses. Some, such as Sterling Bank, were bought by other ...

NRL stars join Auscoal Super

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2010
... industries. Earlier this month, Auscoal Super confirmed it was in merger talks with Maritime Super to create an $8 billion-plus fund. Auscoal Super said the merger, should it go ahead, will create the largest super fund in Australia outside a capital ...

US fin reforms win pension fund support

MEDIA RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2010
... credit rating agencies more accountable for their ratings and imposes tougher requirements on hedge funds. The $233 billion-plus California Public Employees' Retirement System said the reforms as "an historic step toward protecting markets and advancing ...

Advice goes direct to retail shopfronts

... Services and Count have not signaled any plans to follow the same approach. Meanwhile, in a superannuation industry first, HOST-PLUS joined forces with ME Bank to open their own bank in Queensland, providing not just general banking or financial advice ...

US pension funds get $800m from class action

MEDIA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2010
... securities class action settlement in U.S. history. Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray last week announced the $800 million-plus securities class action settlement against American International Group and certain individual directors and officers. ...

Contra confidence

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2010
... to have succeeded. Growth slowed from 11.9 per cent in the year to the first quarter to 10.3 per cent in the June quarter. Plus, the latest reporting season shows that US firms continue beat expectations. According to Bloomberg, 20 of the 23 companies ...

Maritime Super backs internal admin for merged fund

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUL 2010
... provider. Auscoal Super and Maritime Super confirmed merger talks earlier this month, a deal that would create an $8 billion-plus fund. A decision on the merger is due in October. Both funds internally administer the superannuation savings. Should the ...