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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2009
... futures index was up 15 points at 3,503. On the economic front on Friday, the Australian Office of Financial Management plans to hold a tender for the issuing of Treasury bonds. In company news, the second meeting of creditors of Allco Finance Group ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2009
... higher at noon, boosted by the financial sector, and following a rally on Wall Street after the Federal Reserve announced plans to revive the US economy. At 1206 AEDT the benchmark S&P/ASX200 was 25.3 points higher, or 0.73 per cent, at 3471.6, while ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2009
... Westpac-Melbourne Institute Indexes of Economic Activity for March is due. The Australian Office of Financial Management plans to hold a tender for the issuing of Treasury bonds. In company news, David Jones Ltd releases its half year results. On Tuesday ...

PIR sold to Aegis

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2009
... Research has been bought by Aegis Equities Research. According to an email that was circulated among PIR clients, Aegis plans to continue running PIR as a standalone business. However, there are "a number of initiatives" planned to develop PIR's service ...

US pensions fight for trust

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2009
... capital markets to meet their fiduciary obligations. "Adding constraints that might undermine the ability of public pension plans to generate investment returns to fund retirement benefits may decrease diversification and add risk to the plans," noted ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2009
... business as it eyes potential acquisitions thrown up by the global financial crisis. But it said there were no immediate plans for acquisitions. "There's nothing new there. We thought they would talk about their credit default swap exposures and they ...

GESB seeks more unlisted exposure

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2009
... to transact daily, for example retiring members requesting to draw their benefit or members switching across investment plans. Therefore, any exposure to unlisted assets will be appropriately limited to ensure the portfolio remains sufficiently liquid ...

US advisers keen on equities

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2009
... rather than decisions that suit their long term needs," said Walsh. "In contrast, advisers investors have made long term plans and are sticking to them, with some tweaks that take advantage of current circumstances and opportunities."

Stanford slashes costs to save endowment

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2009
... to a steep decline in the university endowment, which has fallen 25 to 30 percent. In recent months, Stanford announced plans to cancel or delay $2 billion in proposed construction projects, has laid off staff, instituted hiring freezes and reduced faculty ...

AMPFP turn to IT to boost productivity

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2009
... Planning (AMPFP), one of the largest planning groups in the country, is poised to attract more planners to its fold after plans to roll out a new IT system and the introduction of more consumer-friendly advice documents. Michael Guggenheimer, AMPFP's ...