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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2010
The Australian share market was lower at noon on Wednesday as weaker base metals prices pulled back the resources sector. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 61.4 points weaker, by 1.3 per cent, at 4,656.9, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

Vanguard ETFs reach $100m mark

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2010
Vanguard Investments Australia's exchange traded funds (ETFs) has exceeded $100 million under management, just 10 months after their launch. Launched in May 2009, the Vanguard range of ETFs includes the Vanguard Australian Shares Index ETF (VAS); the ...

Coin upgrades SoA services

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2010
Coin Software has rolled out a new Comprehensive Statement of Advice (SoA) template to help financial advisers with their admin needs. The launch was part of an upgrade for Coin Office v3.4. The Comprehensive SoA template allows advisers to provide ...

FuturePlus operations head in shock exit

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2010
The operations head at FuturePlus, Bob Biancardi, left the firm last Friday amid tensions between its two owners, LGSS and EISS, the multi-billion dollar government funds currently locked in a power struggle. It is understood that Biancardi was dismissed ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2010
The Australian share market was mildly higher at noon on gains in the materials sector and losses among the major banks. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 4.3 points, or 0.09 per cent, at 4,558.6, while the broader All Ordinaries index ...

Women on top of SMSFs

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2010
SMSFs are meeting two of the Government's top goals in super - getting more members to take an active role in their retirement savings and getting more women involved, argue industry experts. Product providers new to the industry should understand the ...

Jobs full recovery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2010
If you believe the mantra that any economic recovery would not be sustainable without employment growth, then there is now no doubt that Australia has one sustainable economic expansion going. The latest Labour Force, Australia released by the Australian ...

In Kerr Neilson we trust

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2010
Financial planners are three times more likely to favour Platinum Asset Management over other international equities fund managers, new research found. An Investment Trends survey of 648 financial planners found 56 per cent of planners listed Platinum ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2010
The Australian share market was almost one per cent higher at noon, led by miner Rio Tinto Ltd and the major banks. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 38.8 points, or 0.86 per cent, at 4,552.2 while the broader All Ordinaries index ...

Contribs rate during GFC still 23 pct

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2010
Super contributions contracted only 5 per cent during the 2008-09 global financial crisis to $112 billion, leaving total contributions still at a high 23 per cent of total national wages or two-and-a-half times the SG rate, according to latest figures ...