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Mood change

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2010
ow that's more like it! It feels good doesn't it? This may be the one we've been waiting for when something, somehow happens that short circuits the cycle of fear that had been feeding on itself for months now. Although, he didn't say much that the ...

OAMPS partners with MBF

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUN 2010
OAMPS Super has partnered with health insurer MBF to provide members with discounted private health cover. With $270 million in assets at the end of March according to Rainmaker Information, OAMPS is adding private health cover to its list of additional ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUN 2010
The Australian share market was lower at noon ahead of the Reserve Bank of Australia's interest rates decision at 1430 AEST. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 44.1 points, or one per cent, at 4,385.6 points at 1200 AEST, while the broader All ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 31 MAY 2010
The Australian share market drifted lower in morning trade to be almost half a per cent weaker at noon. At 1200 AEST the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 19 points, or 0.43 per cent, at 4,438.5 points, after opening about eight points lower. The ...

Freaked out

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAY 2010
"Aaahh Freak out! Le Freak, c'est Chic." (Le Freak, Chic) Had it not been for the already jittery mood in the financial markets, Wall Street would have ignored last night's not so good economic news. The S&P 500 index recorded its biggest drop in more ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAY 2010
The Australian stock market was down at noon, reversing earlier gains made with increasing global volatility undermining market confidence. By 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index fell 16.4 points, or 0.37 per cent, at 4,370.7 points, while the ...

Service core to Tower mandate: AustralianSuper

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 17 MAY 2010
Better and faster service was a core reason why AustralianSuper awarded Tower one of the largest insurance mandates in the industry last year, said the fund's chief executive, Ian Silk. Speaking at the Institute of Actuaries of Australia conference ...

Gold is hip again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 MAY 2010
Hang on to your hats... volatility has returned. We're in trouble again! And you know we're in trouble if that metal whose main use is to adorn the ears, noses, fingers and arms -- and for some, even unmentionable parts of the body -- starts making ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAY 2010
The Australian stock market is expected to open in positive territory after investor confidence boost US stocks overnight. At 0730 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index contract was 59 points higher at 4,642 points. In economics ...

MIT tax regime modernised and simplified

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAY 2010
Fund managers around the country are breathing a big sigh of relief after the government adopts a more common sense approach to the way managed funds are taxed - a big plus for investors that have long been disadvantaged by archaic MIT tax rules. It's ...