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Macq Funds adds two Aus eq analysts

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2009
Macquarie Funds Group has added two fundamental analysts to its Australian equities team. Andy Kovacs, who previously led Macquarie Securities' food and beverage sector research team, joins the Australian equities unit as senior analyst. In his new ...

Storm subsidiary in liquidation

MEDIA RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2009
Geelong-based Victorian Families Retirement Investment Group has been placed in "provisional liquidation" after its parent company Storm Financial called in the receivers. The group was placed into provisional liquidation by the Federal Court in Brisbane ...

Jobless rate in perspective

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2009
'Job losses worst for 18 years' (AFR). 'Australian Jobless Rate Climbs to 4-Year High of 5.2%' (Bloomberg). Boy oh boy, here we go again. Each time Australia's job numbers are updated, we get the media's display of their masochistic tendencies. We are ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2009
The Australian share market has received mixed leads from overseas, with Wall Street down and precious and base metals lower, although oil added over a dollar and a half. At 0724 AEDT, on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March SPI futures index was ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2009
The Australian stock market was higher at noon, amid a quiet session due to a public holiday in Victoria, as mining giants BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto led the way. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 24.6 points, or 0.78 per cent, at ...

Instinet to donate brokerage commission to bushfire appeal

Instinet will donate its brokerage commissions from all ASX trades conducted today to the victims of the Victorian bushfires. The trading technology firm will donate the day's brokerage commissions less clearing and settlement costs to those affected ...

Insurance taxes should be slashed: NIBA

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2009
The average household in Victoria pays as much as 50 per cent more in house and contents cover due to government-related insurance taxes, prompting an insurance industry body to call for tax reforms ahead of the bushfire royal commission. The National ...

Health Super gives aid to fire victims

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2009
Health Super is helping bushfire victims by donating their call centre staff services, giving blood, and offering essentials to aid those in need. The $7.6 billion industry fund has donated the services of its call centre staff to the Red Cross Call ...

AUI adds to BDM team

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2009
Australian Unity Investments hired Alvin Leach and Huw O'Grady as regional manager and business development manager respectively. Prior to this position, Leach worked at Colonial First State as a business development manager. He has also worked as a ...

Advisers caught for market manipulation

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2009
Two former client advisers have been found guilty of market manipulation following ASIC investigations. According to a statement by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, Rocco Musumeci and Richard John Wade were yesterday handed custodial ...