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Carpe Diem

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2009
Dow 10,000! So now...tell me...how do you put a negative spin on that? Not when Annie's tomorrow becomes today. "The sun'll come out Tomorrow Bet your bottom dollar That tomorrow There'll be sun!" Tomorrow's taken a year to come, but it has come. The ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2009
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open higher after Wall Street's main index breached the 10,000 point mark on better-than-expected corporate earnings reports. At 0725 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price index contract ...

Bassanese backs Aus eqs and LPTs

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2009
... there's likely to be a correction I think the bigger trend is things are going to be up and secondly it's very hard to figure out when this correction is likely to occur because we've been talking about the possibility of this for several months now," ...

AXA tackles longevity risk with North

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2009
... had $1 million and markets did well again and your balance rose to $1.1 million, we may give you five per cent of that figure," said Barnett. While the product is still being completed, Barnett said the cost of guarantee shouldn't be any more than the ...

Seniors are tech savvy: survey

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2009
... phone. The survey also found three quarters of respondents want to keep up with the latest technology. This is a significant figure for superannuation funds as members in this age bracket hold large account balances. "The prevailing stereotype is that ...

Christmas comes early for job seekers

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2009
Investment professionals who lost their jobs last year can take some comfort in the fact that 14 per cent of Australian firms plan to take on more staff in the lead up to Christmas. Planners and fund managers who faced the axe this time last year due ...

Financial Standard finalist in ACSI Media Award

Financial Standard journalist Michael Hobbs was the runner-up at this year's Australian Council of Super Investors (ACSI) Media Award, an award that recognises outstanding work on reporting corporate governance issues. Hobbs' submission, "Cents and ...

Europe fails at fee disclosure

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2009
The European fund industry is failing the fees transparency test - while Australian fund managers are facing their own woes when it comes to unbundling fund costs, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers. According to the "Ideal Fund - Reengineering the ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2009
The Australian sharemarket was patchy at noon, with the key indices down but strong gold and oil prices boosting resource stocks. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 19.2 points, or 0.4 per cent, at 4724.4, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

SMSFs snap up blue chip shares

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2009
Self-managed super fund trustees are now placing blue chip shares on the top of their buying list after brushing off last year's market carnage, research shows. With markets on an upward trajectory and investor sentiment turning towards the positive ...