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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 APR 2010
The Australian stock market has received mixed leads from offshore markets, with Wall Street finishing higher, precious metals prices marginally firmer, but copper and oil ended weaker. At 0730 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price ...

SMSFs take up superMate

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2010
Supercorp Technology reported an 80 per cent take up of its superMate software among new users and confirmed that by February, over 2000 SMSFs were using the service. According to a press statement, the large take-up of the superMate software came from ...

ASIC targets alleged Ponzi scheme

ASIC RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 APR 2010
ASIC has obtained court orders freezing $14.6 million in assets of four men from Victoria and Western Australia, due to concerns about the possible operation of a Ponzi-style scheme. The orders are against Peter van de Steeg, Jonathan Ezzy, Peter Berlowitz ...

Business cycle dating

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 APR 2010
Is it over or isn't it? Has the fat lady already sung the swan song of the US recession? Financial markets are all a-buzz with this question after the New York Times carried a story about the 8 April meeting by the National Bureau of Economic Research ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 APR 2010
The Australian stock market has received a positive lead from overseas markets, with Wall Street closing higher and metals futures contract prices firmer. But the benchmark crude oil futures contract price dipped below $US85 a barrel on Friday. At 0722 ...

Russell recruits Asian specialists

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 9 APR 2010
Russell Investments has appointed several senior executives across Asia, including Singapore and South Korea, to strengthen management in those regions. Edmund Teo joined Russell on 1 April as regional director, sales and marketing. Singapore-based ...

Advisers to gain political insight

PRESS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2010
Joe Hockey, shadow treasurer, and Chris Bowen, minister for financial services, superannuation and corporate law, are sharing their insights on the financial planning industry at two separate AFA luncheons later this month. Hockey will talk about the ...

UBS and REST join forces for green infrastructure

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 1 APR 2010
UBS Global Asset Management is teaming up with the $16 billion industry fund REST in a green energy investment project touted to be behind one of the largest wind farms in the country. Both REST and UBS GAM are buying the Collgar Wind Farm. UBS GAM ...

NAB a step closer to buying AXA

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2010
National Australia Bank has reached binding terms with French company AXA and AXA Asia Pacific to buy the firms' Australian and New Zealand businesses for $4.6 billion. According to a press statement released yesterday, the deal includes a proposal ...

Can an outsider transform ipac financial planning?

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAR 2010
Can a top travel executive help lead a $5.5 billion financial planning business? That's the question advisers asked when financial planning group ipac appointed former American Express executive, Libby Roy, as the new head of its advice arm. Roy will ...