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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2009
... monetary policy tack taken by Britain would work, how much it would cost and the ultimate price. The Bank of England announced plans to inject STG75 billion ($A163.43 billion) into the banking system by effectively creating money. It also cut official ...

Mercer adds to outsourcing team

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2009
... as outsourcing sales leader for Australia and Alex Kleiman as outsourcing sales and marketing manager for multi employer plans last year. David Anderson, Mercer Asia Pacific outsourcing business leader, said superannuation plan trustees are demanding ...

AIG subsidiaries to separate

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2009
... offering (IPO) of shares of the AIA group, depending on market conditions." Morgan said however that "there are absolutely no plans to sell the AIA businesses units separately. Any potential sale or partial sale or IPO will happen at an AIA level, not ...

GFC in a fortnight

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2009
... Boart Longyear warned of adding more to the 200 positions it had already let go. Law firm Blake Dawson Waldron and Telstra plans to shed 100 jobs and 350 call centre staff, respectively. Reported losses at big corporations such as Lend Lease, Westfield ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2009
... another unforgiving month with a steep loss as Citigroup Inc and General Electric Co both unsettled investors. Citigroup plans to turn over a big piece of itself to the government, a move that fanned worries that other banks would face crippling trouble ...

Baracking for the US

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2009
... good sound bites. But markets are becoming more and more desperate to see details and indications that the promises and plans are beginning to work. These may already be slowly happening and the markets' impatience could just be a reflection of the 'instant ...

Australia faces financial hub contender

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2009
... is also an advocate, highlighting the country's well-regulated financial system. Singapore is expected to unveil its tax plans in full next month.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2009
... Union address to Congress. Beaten-down financial shares gained as investors hoped for better insight into the government's plans to aid the industry which is struggling with bad debt. The White House said on Tuesday that Obama will provide more details ...

GWA opens Melbourne office

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2009
Global index provider, Global Wealth Allocation (GWA) has opened a Melbourne office and plans to launch a suite of Australian products in the next six months. Former GWA UK head of research, Tony Sutton returns to Australia to manage the Melbourne office ...

Infrastructure wins pension funds votes

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2009
... The majority of pension fund investments are through infrastructure funds. However, some bigger Canadian and Dutch pension plans have started to invest directly. They are often co-investors with specialist funds, and thereby hope to build up the internal ...