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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2014
The Australian sharemarket is tipped for a flat start ahead of a major week of data that will indicate how the economy is travelling. The September share price index futures contract is down two points at 5,613. Locally on Monday, the Australian Bureau ...

Super contributions back to pre-crisis levels

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2014
Contributions to APRA-regulated superannuation funds are the strongest they've been since the on-set of the global financial crisis, according to a research report by the Financial Services Council (FSC). Total contributions for the 2013-14 year were ...

Recycling the same old, same old

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2014
... employment being a lagging indicator. Then there's Spanish consumer price inflation which fell by 0.5% in the year to August - the biggest drop since October 2009 and the second consecutive month of falls - from minus 0.3% in July. But wait... there's ...

TAL appoints new chair, Thomas to retire

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2014
Former chair of the TAL board Rob Thomas AM will retire at the end of August and the insurer has appointed a replacement. Current TAL director Duncan Boyle, who joined the board in May this year, has been appointed the chairperson. Thomas, who has chaired ...

Challenger adds firepower to annuities business

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 25 AUG 2014
Challenger's $530 million capital raising program is likely to tighten the company's already firm grip on the lucrative annuities market. The figure will be raised from a combination of a $250 million institutional share placement and a $30 million ...

Movers and shakers

Surprise exit for van Eyk asset consulting team Van Eyk's three person asset consultant team has left the company, the company has confirmed. Head of asset consulting Jonathan Ramsay and asset consultants Fil Andronaco and Jonathan Tolub resigned their ...

Treasury Group announces double digit growth for full year

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 21 AUG 2014
Treasury Group has announced double digit growth in its profits and funds under management after strong growth from RARE Infrastructure (RARE) and Investors Mutual Limited (IML) in its full year results. In a statement to the ASX the investment management ...

IOOF completes SFGA buyout

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2014
IOOF has effectively completed the acquisition of 100% of the shares in SFG Australia, following the buyout proposal made public in May. As part of the scheme of arrangement, SFGA shareholders could elect to receive IOOF shares only or a cash alternative ...

QV Equities raises $180m

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2014
Investors Mutual has raised more than $180m for its new listed investment company (LIC), QV Equities (QVE). The launch of the product last month targeted self-managed super funds (SMSFs) and high net worth investors looking for a diversified share portfolio ...

Fear me not

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2014
Geopolitical tensions ease, geopolitical tensions boil, geo-political tensions ease, geo-political tensions boil, geo-political... Financial markets continue to seesaw on this, just like they did with QE (I, II and III) on/QE (I, II and III) off and ...