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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2014
... tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index lost 20.08 (0.46 per cent) at 4,334.97. Jihadists seized Qaraqosh, Iraq's largest Christian town, sending tens of thousands of panicked residents fleeing in one of the most dramatic developments of the two-month-old conflict. ...

Green appointed CEO MetLife Korea

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2014
MetLife Australia interim chief executive officer Damien Green has been appointed chief executive of MetLife Korea. Green is currently head of employee benefits for MetLife in Asia. He stepped in as interim CEO of MetLife Australia earlier this year ...

Senate votes against disallowing FoFA amendments

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
... the agreement a "dirty deal" and said that government seeks to "do agreements at the eleven hour to protect the big end of town," and added: "Shame on you," he said. Greens Senator Peter Whish-Wilson who previously showed support for the disallowance ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2014
... and the merchandise imports data for the same month. In equities news, Woolworths Holdings holds a general meeting in Cape Town, South Africa, regarding a David Jones takeover. In Australia, the market on Monday recovered from early falls to close higher ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2014
... Composite Index sank 34.3 points, or 0.79 per cent, to 4,297.63. Jihadists pushed toward Baghdad on Thursday after capturing a town to the north, as US President Barack Obama said his national security team "is looking at all the options". With the militants ...

Mother's Day Classic raises $4.5m for breast cancer

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2014
Women in Super's Mother's Day Classic has raised $4.5 million for the National Breast Cancer Foundation in its 2014 campaign. This brings the total figure raised to $24.3 million since the campaign first ran in 1998. Mother's Day Classic National Chair ...

Super sector eyes Qld ports and generators

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2014
The superannuation sector has welcomed the Queensland government's plan to sell $33.6 billion worth of infrastructure assets, announced in a draft proposal released with the budget on Tuesday. The report flags a number of assets for sale or long-term ...

Federal Court reduces Wealthsure compensation

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUN 2014
The Federal Court has reduced the compensation amount that Wealthsure will need to pay to two of its former clients. The court determined that Wealthsure, financial adviser David Bertram and its directors are "concurrent wrongdoers in relation to the ...

Losing shine

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2014
... away instead. Yes, Virginia, May's closing stats show that most major equity markets from New York to Rio and old London town finished the month in the green. Movin' on up. The S&P 500 index finished May 2.1% on the up (to a new record high); the Stoxx ...

FSC serves boutique with 'surprise' exit fee

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2014
... manager, and indeed as a boutique. I have a view that the FSC has shifted to being a lobbying organisation for the big end of town," he said. The FSC responded to Walsh's claims, saying: "UCA has been a member of the FSC since 2006. Following a change ...