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Smackdown

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 FEB 2012
Hey, hey, something doesn't look quite right here. The Dow's reclaimed 13K and most equity markets in Europe ended on the up and up while we were sleeping. They shouldn't be doing that. Haven't they heard that Standard & Poor's just downgraded Greek ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 FEB 2012
The Australian market looks set to open as it ended - flat. At 0800 AEDT on Wednesday, the March share price index futures contract was up 11 points at 4,268. In economic news on Wednesday, the Housing Industry Association (HIA) releases new home sales ...

AUI appoints new general manager

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 28 FEB 2012
Australian Unity Investments has named Fiona Dunn as the new general manager, joint ventures and institutional. Dunn has held a number of senior business advisory roles, as well as being general manager of Perpetual's wholesales business, and was a ...

No more fear - maybe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 FEB 2012
... averaged 9.6% in 2010 and 9.0% last year. It's been steadily dropping since September 2011 and was clocked at 8.3% as at January - with 243,000 jobs created in that month alone. Must be why the Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan final index of consumer ...

Record month for ETPs

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2012
Global asset flows for exchange traded products (ETP) and fixed income exchange traded funds (ETF) hit record highs last month, according to latest research. The BlackRock ETP Landscape report from revealed the ETP sector had its strongest ever January  ...

KRudd comeback biting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2012
Now that Greece has again been relegated to a mere afterthought, the latest PMI update from Markit Economics reminded all and sundry that, Greece bailed out or not, a recession is still waiting in the wings in Europe. The Markit Economics preliminary ...

Super accounts on path for consolidation: Shorten

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 FEB 2012
Up to 6.9 million inactive super accounts will be rolled over into active accounts once the Stronger Super reforms kick in on January 1, 2014 according to Financial Services Minister Bill Shorten. The Minister was in Melbourne this morning to launch ...

AllianceBernstein committed to Aus presence

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 21 FEB 2012
AllianceBernstein Australia has reaffirmed its commitment to the home market in the face of a global review by its parent company and rumours that job losses may be on the cards. Parent company AllianceBernstein is currently reviewing its businesses ...

IE Group appoints chief executive, Liddy exits

RACHEL DAVIS  |  MONDAY, 20 FEB 2012
Randal Williams has been appointed chief executive of IE Group, the efficient cash management and superannuation fund diagnostics subsidiary of La Trobe Financial, following the resignation of Patrick Liddy. Williams is the vice president of International ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 20 FEB 2012
The Australian dollar is higher after the Chinese central bank announced it will take action to stimulate its economy. At 0700 AEDT on Monday, the Australian dollar was trading at 107.82 US cents, up from 107.77 cents on Friday. Since 1700 AEDT on Friday ...