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China proves resilience

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUN 2010
European markets may have come to a grinding halt due to sovereign debt fears in the region but the latest round of earnings in China show yet again the compelling diversification properties of Asian investments in a typical investor portfolio. Martha ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 APR 2010
... details helped to ease worries that have been one of the few drags on stocks so far this year. Meanwhile, the latest round of corporate dealmaking signaled that business leaders are more confident about a recovery. Mirant Corp agreed to acquire rival ...

Prime Super boosts insurance

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 8 APR 2010
... Super has increased its insurance cover for members, slashed premiums and introduced online underwriting in its latest round of improvements. The fund, which had over $1 billion in funds under management at the end of September last year according to ...

Not-for-profits still beat retail: APRA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAR 2010
APRA has released its second round of fund level 'whole of fund' return on assets figures again showing retail super funds to have significantly underperformed their not-for-profit rivals in the five years to June 2009. The regulator's move to press ...

Angel in the detail: Cooper's cost cutting measures

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAR 2010
... collection; move towards a standard electronic payment processing system; and faster rollovers. But where he received a round of applause was in the proposal to change the rules on superannuation account balances of less than $1,000, potentially abolishing ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAR 2010
... $23.77, and Commonwealth Bank gained five cents to $54.87. On Wall Street overnight, stocks closed mixed despite a new round of mergers and acquisitions which raised hopes for the US economy. The Dow Jones Industrial Average index lost 13.68 points ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAR 2010
... traded in a tight range for most of Monday's session but faded at the close. The main focus of the trading day was a new round of mergers and acquisitions, which raised hopes for the US economy. Financial shares rose after insurer American International ...

Fund managers to tap gov't capital

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2010
Fund managers around the country are invited to submit applications under the latest round of the Government's venture capital support program, the Innovation Investment Fund (IIF). Opening the latest application round last Friday, innovation minister ...

Wall Street's $22bn bitter pill

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2010
... collections and reflects cash bonus payments and deferred compensation for which taxes have been prepaid. DiNapoli said this round of estimates proved particularly hard because of unprecedented changes in compensation practices as many financial firms ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2010
... index had gained 14.13 points, or 1.3 per cent, at 1,103.31. LONDON - Europe's main stock markets rose on Tuesday after a round of encouraging company earnings reports and some upbeat data from the US property market that was at the epicentre of the ...