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First State Super and Health Super merger official

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUN 2011
... superannuation history. The merger creates one of Australia's largest funds and brings together two of the industry's premier super funds." To get to this point, there have been 19 working groups from different streams reporting to a joint task force ...

Market Wrap -Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUN 2011
... gained 0.44 per cent, or 12.02 points, to 2,758.23 as dealers looked to domestic news, focusing on positive comments from Premier Wen Jiabao, who said inflation looked tameable this year. Investors in much of Asia were spooked by the pessimism in Europe. ...

Better second half

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUN 2011
... some real good news. French banks agreed to rollover their holdings of Greek debt into 30-year maturities and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao pledged that China would continue buying European bonds. However, to me, this is because the French banks have no ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2011
... Australian & Deutsche Bank Business Leaders Forum hears from outgoing Woodside Petroleum ceo Don Voelte, Western Australian Premier Colin Barnett, and Shell Australia chairwoman Ann Pickard. On Thursday, the Australian stock market posted gains of 1.6 ...

Fund managers struggle to beat index

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2011
... only four posted a loss, with two of those still beating the index, Morningstar said. The best performers were NovaPort Premier Smaller Companies that gained 10.69 per cent and SGH ICE that rose 6.82 per cent. Their performance as a group was outstanding ...

IOOF adds insurance, offers more low-cost options

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2011
IOOF adds retail insurance to its Pursuit platform and launches Premier Investor Choice, a suite of six investment options with lower management fees. IOOF said it has created six low cost options to further diversify its platform offerings to create ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAR 2011
... container pooling service IFCO Systems NV. Brambles shares were down five cents at $6.98. Retail sector investment firm Premier Investments Ltd has appointed former David Jones boss Mark McInnes as chief executive of Premier Retail as the company faces ...

MTAA Super hires former Vic premier

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2011
Former Victorian premier John Brumby has taken on the role as chairman of MTAA Super. The role, which commences April 4, was appointed to Brumby due, in part, to his extensive history in the infrastructure sector, a key part of MTAA Super's investment ...

Zurich taps small business owners insurance

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAR 2011
... business owners (SBO) market. Zurich has introduced three new levels of cover to its Income Replacement policy, known as premier, comprehensive, and standard, with benefits designed to suit the various different needs of customers in these different ...

QIC donates $100k to flood appeal

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 25 JAN 2011
Queensland-based fund manager QIC has donated $100,000 to the Premier's Flood Relief Fund and is offering a dollar-for-dollar matching staff donations to the fund. QIC lost access to its Brisbane CBD Head Office for almost two weeks due to floods but ...