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Scheuber appointed QSuper chairman

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2009
The $22 billion QSuper has appointed Bob Scheuber as chairman of the board, along with three new trustees. Scheuber is replacing Gerard Bradley, Queensland's under treasurer who retired from his position as chairman after serving on QSuper's board of ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2009
... Manley said the the iron ore sector would carry the market into the weekend, despite the tendency for investors to play it safe on Fridays. "It is a very good deal for BHP if it gets through the regulators," Mr Manley told AAP. "It's pretty much gains ...

Changing the face of super

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2009
Market your super fund as a financial security company and you'll engage the most materialistic group of people in history - Generation Y, said an industry expert. Scott Pape, author and founder of The Barefoot Investor and a speaker at today's Rainmaker ...

It's all about China

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2009
... companies. So off to China US Treasury Secretary Timmy Geithner went to assure the Chinese that their investment in America is safe. Somehow I picture Timmy kowtowing while performing an acapella of 'The Platters': 'When the twilight is gone and no songbirds ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2009
... Proxy-Melbourne Institute will launch its quarterly shareholder confidence index. Minerals Week 2009 continues in Canberra, the Mine Safe 2009 conference concludes in Perth, and the Coal Seam Methane conference concludes in Brisbane. The Australian share ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2009
... Finance Group will hold a second creditors meeting to determine its future. Minerals Week 2009 begins in Canberra, the Mine Safe conference begins in Perth and a Coal Seam Methane conference continues in Brisbane. Cisco will hold a small and medium business ...

Undue credit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2009
... 0.28 9 15.7 A+ *External debt is based on 2008 figures except for the US and Norway (2007) These figures are dated and it is safe to assume that gross external debt and/or public debt have continued to increase for many countries -- particularly in the ...

Plum members avoid switching

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2009
Bucking the trend of high volumes of super members switching to cash, Plum Financial Services has reported that less than 2 per cent of its assets were switched to cash in the last 12 months despite the market crash as members hang on to investments. ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2009
The Australian share market had fallen more than one per cent at noon on Friday, following a night of similar losses on Wall Street. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 was down 42.4 points, or 1.11 per cent, at 3,771.5, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

Acronyms pull down USD

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2009
Indications are emerging that markets are 'starting to heal' but 'forceful and sustained' policy actions are still needed. These words from US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner perhaps best sum up the macro-environment for the second quarter economy ...