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CBA launches capital protection funds

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2009
Commonwealth Bank of Australia has launched a new capital-protected investment, Capital Series Compass, which offers investors a choice of two investment themes - an Australian share market or Australian/Hong Kong blend. The Capital Series Compass offers ...

Thrift is the new cool: K2

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2009
From high-speed railway to high-tech alarms, fund manager K2 Asset Management banks on stocks that will flourish in the face of a global recession. Nick Griffin, the group's head of international strategy, said that investors should tap into mega-trends ...

US pension deficit shrinks

PRESS RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2009
The pension funding status of the largest US companies improved by more than $260 billion in the past two months, according to a report. Mercer's review found the pension plans of the S&P 1500 companies improved by around $60 billion in April and roughly ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2009
The Australian share market is likely to open higher after gains on Wall Street in reaction to the US "stress tests" on American banks that raised hopes the worldwide financial crisis may be easing. At 0714 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June ...

SIPPs back their expertise

PRESS RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2009
A UK based Barclays Stockbroking survey has found nearly nine out of 10 self invested personal pensioners (SIPP) believe they can outperform a professional pension fund manager. The survey found 89 per cent of SIPP investors opened a SIPP account because ...

Lies, damned lies and statistics

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2009
The Australian Bureau of Statistics - the National Bean Counter - has got it wrong. This was the main reaction to yesterday's fall in Australia's unemployment numbers. The Australian Labour Force Report showed that the country's unemployment rate fell ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2009
The Australian share market was higher at noon, boosted by a positive lead from United States markets, better-than-expected jobs figures and a well-received quarterly profit result from Rupert Murdoch's media conglomerate, News Corp. Official data showed ...

De-stressing the stress test

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2009
Only a couple of weeks ago the US triad - US Federal Reserve, Treasury and Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) - were stressing over how best to release the result of the stress test they issued to 19 of their banks. They found a way. Back ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2009
The Australian share market has received a positive lead from Wall Street with key indices and commodity prices all higher. At 0730 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March SPI futures index was up 67 points at 3,932. In economic news on Thursday ...

Refine board succession: AIST

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2009
Industry, corporate and public sector super funds must improve their board succession strategy to ensure the funds continue to operate effectively, according to a new survey. The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) commissioned research ...