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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2009
The Australian share market is likely to open slightly lower as US markets lost further ground and European markets continued the falls of the previous day. Gold was down, but silver, copper and oil were higher overnight. Attention will be on the release ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2009
The Australian market has received a strong lead from Wall Street, although precious metals were down. Copper and oil both were up, however. At 0808 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March SPI futures index was 70 points HIGHER at 3,385. In economic ...

Tower appoints distribution head

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2009
TOWER Australia has appointed Patrick O'Connor as head of distribution for the Retail Life business. O'Connor will report to the company's chief executive Retail Life, Brett Clark. O'Connor has held a number of roles within TOWER since joining the company ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2009
The Australian share market is likely to open lower after shares on Wall Street slid again on Monday. All three key Wall Street indices were down, as were oil, gold and silver. Copper was up, however. At 0757 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the ...

Future2 calls for bushfire donations

PRESS RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2009
The Future2 Foundation has launched an appeal for the victims of the Victorian bushfires and is calling the financial planning industry to give generously. The appeal will be promoted to all 12,000 Financial Planning Association (FPA) members in a newsletter. ...

Superpartners opens voice portal

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2009
Superpartners is teaming up with call center provider Global Speech Networks (GSN) for a voice portal solution for its contact centre. According to Superpartners, the voice portal will allow members 24 hour access to common transactions such as checking ...

Ex-Victoria Premier joins Cbus

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2009
The previous Premier of Victoria, Steve Bracks, has been appointed chairperson of the $12.6 billion industry super fund, Cbus. Bracks, who will assume the role in February, was Premier of Victoria from 1999 to 2007. Cbus chief executive David Atkin ...

Trustee survey reveals top asset classes

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2009
Infrastructure, private equity and commodities are going to be the most preferred asset classes this year, according to a trustee survey released this week. According to a Centre for Investor Education survey of 30 industry fund trustees and retirement ...

Brookvine promotes Gray

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2009
Former GMO co-head of asset allocation, Jack Gray has been promoted to the Brookvine board as director. Alternative investment and fund raising specialist, Brookvine hired Gray in a special advisory role in April last year. This announcement follows ...

BGI wins $2bn French mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2009
Barclays Global Investors has won a $2 billion mandate European equities mandate with French national pension reserve fund, FRR. FRR, which has $65 billion in assets under management, launched a tender in three slots April last year with the aim of ...