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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2013
... In economic news on Friday, the Reserve Bank of Australia is due to release financial aggregates for May. In Perth, WA Premier Colin Barnett, BHP Billiton iron ore president Jimmy Wilson, Fortescue Metals Group chief executive Nev Power and Santos WA ...

No decision yet on QIC sale

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2013
... this public sector base and has been appointed to manage institutional mandates by clients around Australia. Queensland premier Campbell Newman has not yet commented on the QIC sale recommendation. Other state governments with major funds management ...

TAL wins Life Company of the Year

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2013
... insured are well protected. "The incredibly thorough awards process we follow ensures that these awards represent the premier life company awards in Australia," he said. "It's from this position that we can confirm with confidence that Australian life ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2013
... at capping house prices. But eyes were on China's National People's Congress (NPC), which opened Tuesday with outgoing Premier Wen Jiabao saying the government would target growth of 7.5 per cent for the world's number two economy in 2013 and 3.5 per ...

Insider selling

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2013
... before this let's switch over to our man on Wall Street. Hold on...our man, Mr. Bloomberg (not New York's Mayor but the "premier site for business and financial market news"), seems confused. At 5:34 AM GMT+1100, he reported that "U.S. Stocks Decline ...

MetLife launches retirement product

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2013
... soft-launched its version of the MetLife product, with a full rollout to be spearheaded by the fund's chairman, former Victorian premier John Brumby in early February. Turner said that the decision to develop the product was "born out of lessons from ...

US credit rating threatened, buy US bonds

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2013
... borrows in its own currency - it can just print lots of it to repay their debt - and that the US dollar is the world's premier international reserve currency - there'll always be a demand for it. Besides having only two A's instead of three does not ...

2013 Chief Economists Forum, reserve your seat now

STAFF JOURNALIST  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2012
... Principal Global Investors, Saul Eslake, Bank of America Merril Lynch and Su-Lin Ong, RBC Capital Markets (Sydney only). The premier events will be held in Sydney on Tuesday 29th January, and in Melbourne on Thursday 31st January. The cost to attend ...

CIO and COO award nominations now open

STAFF JOURNALIST  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2012
... Greg O'Neill CEO of La Trobe Financial. The finalists and ultimate Award winners will be announced on May 7, 2013 at a premier gala function in Melbourne. Confirmed sponsors for the 2013 awards to date include National Australia Bank, Affiliated Managers' ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2012
... position for the September quarter and government finance statistics for the September quarter. In company news, retail owner Premier Investments holds its annual general meeting. The share market finished at a near six-week high on Monday, buoyed by ...