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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2008
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open higher today after US stocks gained on Friday as investors saw buying opportunities following heavy falls earlier in the week. At 0738 AEDT, the December Share Price Index futures contract on the Sydney ...

Australian Child Care revamps super

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2008
Bali trip promotions, a new administrator and upgraded insurance cover - 2008 has been a busy year for the Australian Child Care Super Fund as it overhauls its overall fund structure. Throughout this year, the little publicised $62 million fund had ...

Humpty Dumpty Syndrome

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2008
And so it came to pass. The election of Barack Obama to the highest post in the biggest and most powerful economy of the world would forever be etched into the annals of history - not only in America, but also throughout the entire planet. It is just ...

Northward wins Golden Calf

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2008
Northward Capital has been awarded The Citi Golden Calf Award for the best emerging fund manager. The firm was set up by former Insurance Australia Group (IAG) co-heads of equities, Darren Thompson and Simon Rutherfurd in November last year. The Northward ...

UBS and Præmium talks fail

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2008
UBS has dropped negotiations with portfolio administration provider, PrA|mium to supply its services to the firm's Australian wealth management division. UBS appointed PrA|mium as a preferred tender in November last year, however the firm said it will ...

AustEthical director elected MLA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2008
Showing that investment principles and politics can mix, AustEthical Investment director and Greens candidate Caroline Le Couteur, has won a seat in the ACT Legislative Assembly. The ACT election was held last on 18th November but with neither the Labor ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2008
The Australian share market is expected to open flat today after US stocks see-sawed overnight. Asian markets fell heavily yesterday. At 0706 AEDT, the December Share Price Index futures contract on the Sydney Futures Exchange was up two points at 3,793. ...

Catholic Super enhances insurance

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2008
Catholic Super members can now claim 43 per cent more on basic death and death and total and permanent disability (TPD) cover at no extra cost after the fund upgraded its insurance service with TOWER Australia. The negotiated insurance service means ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2008
The Australian share market is expected to open lower today after Wall Street joined stock markets around the world in a huge selloff on Friday. At 0810 AEDT, the December Share Price Index futures contract on the Sydney Futures Exchange was down 37 ...

This too shall pass

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2008
'The market does not beat them. They beat themselves, because though they have brains they cannot sit tight.' (Jesse Livermore). While most of us were sleeping (those lucky enough to have their A$1 turn to A$0.80 instead of A$0.20), Wall Street was ...