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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2008
... sector is holding it up a little bit with Rio on the back of their announcement of cutting costs and jobs." Rio Tinto, which plans to slash 14,000 jobs, cut spending and costs and sell assets, was $3.40 or 9.09 per cent higher at $40.80. Rival BHP Billiton ...

PLUM's new chief to push comms

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2008
Plum Financial Services' new managing director Paul Carter flags plans to boost its communication campaign and delay some investment projects scheduled for next year to 2010 to steer Plum through a difficult 2009. Carter, who took over the reigns from ...

Pensions deficit hits US firms

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 9 DEC 2008
Mega US companies must reassess their risk management strategy and revise profit expectations after pension plans losses turn a $90 billion surplus into a $420 billion deficit, according to Mercer. According to Mercer's research, the S&P 1500 defined ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 DEC 2008
... boost the crippled economy. The Dow Jones industrial average rose more than 250 points. Obama announced over the weekend plans for the largest US public works spending program since the creation of the interstate highway system a half-century ago. That ...

Green funds to benefit from new govt policies

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2008

Vanguard on the hiring trail

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2008
Vanguard Investments Australia has appointed two new regional sales managers and plans to recruit more business development managers (BDMs) to support its growing adviser client base. Vanguard Investments Australia has named its two new regional sales ...

BT upgrades insurance

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2008
BT Financial Group has improved the features of its Westpac Protection Plans and BT Life Protection Plans to provide wider coverage across illnesses. The firm has revised its definition cancer conditions to include Colorectal cancer and Chronic Lymphomatic ...

Que sera, sera

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2008
... investment and housing. Bernanke used as an example the drop in mortgage rates that followed last week's Fed announcement of plans to buy up to US$100 billion in government sponsored enterprise's (GSE) debt and up to US$500 billion in mortgage backed ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2008
... index was 145.6 points, or 4.02 per cent, lower at 3,473.4. NEW YORK - US stocks rose after General Electric Co announced plans to maintain its dividend and the Federal Reserve extended terms of three emergency loan programs. In mid-afternoon trade ...

Planners spared AMP job cuts

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2008
... already been informed, and the situation is being handled on a case by case basis. The spokeswoman added that AMP has no plans to change its growth strategies at this stage. This is good news for AMP planners who can breathe a sigh of relief as they ...