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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2010
... its bank capital ratio by a small amount," Mr Heffernan said. "I think it's very impressive that, despite a one per cent-plus fall in the American market and soft commodities, that our market is only down 0.4 per cent in the middle of the day after being ...

Super funds back trustee pay disclosure

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2009
... a mandatory 30-hour training each year to ensure trustee skills and knowledge keep up with their evolving duties. On the plus side, Cooper's preliminary report may have rejected AGM-style reporting, as the ICAA advocated, but Noonan and Proebstl both ...

Ord Minnett appoints head of research

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2009
... Prior to joining Ord Minnett, Scott was the head of research at LINWAR Securities, responsible for the equity analyst team, plus stock research of Australian agricultural and industrial stocks including ABB, AACo, AWB, CSR, Elders, Graincorp, Nufarm ...

Consultants should share GFC's blame

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2009
... seen... consultants who turn around and said that they rate trustees as having gone through the [GFC] environment with a 'B plus'. In response, "I'd like to make a comment that some asset consultants have gone through with a 'B'," he said. Fund managers ...

Equipsuper CEO jumps to Equity Trustees

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2009
The chief executive of the $4-billion plus Equipsuper, Robin Burns has been appointed managing director of Equity Trustees. Burns is currently CEO of multi employer super fund Equipsuper, which has 49,000 members. He has been chief executive at the ...

Men behaving womanly

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2009
... versus females at 84 years old. This is equivalent to a mortality gap of less than five years compared to the seven years-plus gap back in the early 1980s. "For the last 20 years, men are gaining ground, and it comes down to their improving education ...

Mariner veteran sets up A3L

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2009
... departments, aged care and related medical facilities that focus on communities which are predominantly resided by people in the "55-plus" category, he said. A3L is the result of more than a year's work of planning by the Aviiid management team, advisers ...

Health Super overhauls brand

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2009
The $7 billion-plus Health Super has unveilled its new brand, website and logo that aim to portray the fund in a contemporary light following feedback from members. The fund embarked on changing its image following member research that showed many people ...

AMP extends Super Easy to employer market

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2009
... simple application process on the phone or online, two investment options and auto-cover insurance all for just $1.50 a week plus a management fee of 65 basis points or less. There are no exit, switching or service fees in the product. The product also ...

Equities could deliver zero returns: JANA

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2009
... the stockmarkets "were getting too hot". In other words, trustees could have done more to avoid the horrific 30-per cent plus losses suffered by some fund members in the lead up to, and during the GFC, particularly those who were on their drawdown phase ...