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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2011
... in January," Mr Gibbs said. "It hasn't had a huge impact, but the currency is softer." Also on Wednesday, the Westpac-Melbourne Institute index of consumer sentiment fell to its lowest level in nine months on higher petrol prices and concerns about tax ...

CareSuper adds infrastructure debt

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2011
... performer, ranking in the top quartile of its peer group over 1, 3, 5 and 10 years. Its strong results were recognised at the Melbourne Financial Services Symposium last week where it won the 2011 VFMC Investment Stewardship Award for Superannuation ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2011
... assistant governor (economic) Philip Lowe will address the Australian Industry Group Forum in Sydney. Westpac and the Melbourne Institute release the Survey of Consumer Sentiment. In equities news, Federal Transport and Infrastructure Minister Anthony ...

ACFS appoints Duffield as chair

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2011
... connection with US industry and academic circles will help ACFS in raising the bar on academic research quality," she said. Melbourne-based Duffield has replaced ACFS former chairman Syd Bone in the role. Bone, chairman for two years, is continuing with ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2011
... financial crisis. Also in the Federal Court in Sydney, packagers Amcor Ltd and Visy Group face charges of price-fixing. In Melbourne, the Senate Economics Committee continues hearings in its inquiry into the impacts of supermarket price decisions on ...

Dutch pension tackles longevity risk and ageing population

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2011
... committee, Chief Institutional Business for PGGM - the second-largest pension provider in the nation - spoke at the Melbourne Financial Services Symposium in Melbourne last week detailing the risks inherent in the existing structure of the Netherlands' ...

ASFA gains new strategy director

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2011
... relations and strategy, a position he has begun today. Noble, most recently deputy chief executive for the Committee for Melbourne, will be responsible for implementing the super industry body's advocacy strategy to the Federal Government. Pauline Vamos ...

MLC program attracts new planners

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2011
... duty has sparked a lot of interest in the financial planning industry, with the MLC program to be run in Sydney and Melbourne. The NAB network currently has 450 advice businesses and 1,500 advisers. "While there are no guarantees, we may even be able ...

ACFS awards innovation and investment stewardship

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2011
The local investment community celebrated innovation and investment stewardship at an awards gathering in Melbourne last night, with Care Super, Goldman Sachs Asset Management & Partners Australia and La Trobe Financial Services among this year's winners. ...

Rethink before you rebuild

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2011
... recognise that the system is an integrated network of ecosystems, not a set of independent machines. Speaking at yesterday's Melbourne Financial Services Symposium, Jane Diplock AO, chairman of the IOSCO executive committee and chair of the New Zealand ...