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WA govt drops GESB mutualisation bid

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 16 APR 2010
The West Australian state government has terminated the mutualisation of GESB and is instead allowing the state's public servants to choose their fund. This decision follows the Whithear Review into public sector superannuation. The choice for public ...

Risk appetite rises as cash reserves dip

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2010
Cash balances have fallen and the number of investors taking above-normal risk in their portfolios are at their highest since January 2006, new figures show. According to the Bank of America Merrill Lynch Survey of Fund Managers for April, investors ...

US financials a big play: Bennelong SGI

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2010
The global financial sector may be a shadow of its former self after the GFC but it is still a $9.1 trillion (US$8.5 trillion) market full of stocks ripe for the plucking, said fund manager Bennelong SGI Global Equities. Visiting Australia this month ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 APR 2010
The Australian share market is expected to open higher on Wednesday on positive leads from Wall Street, although oil and precious metals fell again in overnight trade. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0737 AEST, the June share price index contract ...

More super funds to introduce performance pay: survey

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 13 APR 2010
Almost all super funds will have a performance component built into the remuneration packages of their senior management within the next five years, and there are more fundamental changes ahead in the way super fund executives and staff get paid as ...

Co-contribs bungle is costing taxpayers: Hartsuyker

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 12 APR 2010
The Australian Tax Office's superannuation co-contribution suspension could cost taxpayers at least $1 million, according to shadow minister, Luke Hartsuyker. Hartsuyker, shadow minister for consumer affairs, financial services, superannuation and corporate ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 APR 2010
The Australian stock market has received a positive lead from overseas markets, with Wall Street closing higher and metals futures contract prices firmer. But the benchmark crude oil futures contract price dipped below $US85 a barrel on Friday. At 0722 ...

Amundi wins mandate for volatility strategy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 8 APR 2010
Amundi Asset Management has signed a new local institutional client to its volatility strategy. Richard Borysiewicz, chief executive in Australia for Amundi Asset Management, said he couldn't reveal the new institutional client but expected to implement ...

Paradox of thrift

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 APR 2010
So what happened to the post-Easter elation on Wall Street? It appears that it has been flushed down the gurgler like the Easter eggs that were consumed days before. Remember how the US payrolls report was spun favourably despite coming in worse than ...

Easter egg hunt

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2010
Has sentiment on Wall Street really, truly changed to positive? Or have financial markets only engaged in an Easter egg hunt for positive news? Read the post-Easter headlines and no matter where you look, financial markets are celebrating not only the ...