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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAR 2010
The Australian share market has received positive leads from overseas, with Wall Street indices and the oil price up. Metals prices were lower, however. At 0721 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index contract was 26 points higher ...

Av Super chair wins 2010 Trustee of the Year Award

AIST RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAR 2010
The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees has awarded Av Super's outgoing chair David Leggo as this year's Trustee of the Year. Leggo thanked his team, including the three chief executives he had worked with during his decades of work in the ...

ISN appoints deputy CEO

PRESS RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAR 2010
... officer. ISN chief executive David Whiteley said McIvor brings experience and skills particularly from when she spent over a decade with Australian Retirement Fund (ARF) and then AustralianSuper. "During her time with ARF, Ms McIvor played a pivotal ...

Open letter to trusted trustees

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAR 2010
... is aware of the industry's noble beginnings - and he also credited super funds for the progress they've made in the past decade on proxy voting and other governance reforms. He also acknowledged that, as a governance expert, governance firms like RiskMetrics ...

FUM breaks through $1.4 tr

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAR 2010
... after the shock of the GFC. This quarterly growth is about the long-term average quarterly growth experienced over the past decade," noted Rainmaker. Despite the dramatic recovery, Rainmaker said the market is still down 11 per cent compared to its December ...

On the shoulders of giants

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 15 MAR 2010
Today's generation of super trustees are reaping the fruits of the Labor movement that started modern super decades ago - now it's their turn to give something back by solving the next set of challenges involving superannuation adequacy, scale and fees. ...

Diversify risk, not assets

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAR 2010
... is a huge factor to implement to lessen the chances of a portfolio suffering from various forms of risks. "Compared to a decade ago, it is more difficult today to have high levels of conviction of the real returns from equity markets over the next 10 ...

While we wait for payrolls

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAR 2010
... neighbours. Canada also recently reported its economy grew at annualised rate of 5.0 per cent in the Q4 - the fastest in almost a decade. Thus, despite keeping interest rates steady at 0.25 per cent last night, financial markets expect the Bank of Canada ...

IFSA and Deloitte launch Future Leaders award

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2010
... "We are looking to this new generation to consider some of the industry's toughest issues, to bring new thinking to a new decade," Woodhouse said. John Brogden, CEO of IFSA said young people working in the financial services sector today faced the fallout ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2010
... Thursday as positive earnings statements flowed and the latest National Bank Business Outlook survey showed confidence at a decade high. The benchmark NZX-50 index closed up 20.8 points, or 0.66 per cent, at 3,151.69. Turnover was worth $NZ94 million ...