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Perpetual settles over Mahogany

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 6 DEC 2010
Perpetual Trustee Company has settled a long running legal dispute on behalf of 1,000 retail investors who bought $125 million of notes issued by a subsidiary of Lehman Brothers. The details of the settlement cannot be disclosed for six months, but ...

Super fund recovery 6pc but big funds fail to fire

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 6 DEC 2010
Super fund returns for the year to October have recovered to an average 6.6 per cent but it's the small funds and not the majors leading the way. SelectingSuper's latest performance survey found funds have recovered half of what they lost, since at ...

IOOF awards Legg Mason $100m small caps mandate

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 2 DEC 2010
IOOF has given Legg Mason a $100 million Australian small companies mandate after consolidating its United Funds Management and MultiMix assets into a single portfolio. Dan Farmer of IOOF said what appealed to them was Legg Mason's stable and experienced ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 DEC 2010
The Australian market is receiving overhwelmingly positive leads from offshore trading overnight. In economics news on Thursday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases data on international trade in goods and services and on retail trade, both ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 DEC 2010
The Australian share market remained marginally lower at noon with softer than expected third quarter economic growth not having a major impact on equities. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 9.2 points, or 0.2 per cent, at 4,575.2 ...

Danger everywhere

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 DEC 2010
... that home prices remained depressed - worse, they're falling again The S&P/Case-Shiller index fell by 0.8 per cent in September - the biggest monthly drop since April last year - with prices dropping in 18 out of 20 cities. Danger, danger everywhere ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 DEC 2010
The Australian market is receiving generally negative leads from offshore trading overnight, with most key markets lower, although precious and base metals were higher. On the ASX 24 at 0714 AEDT, the December share price index futures contract was ...

Tower wins First State Super, ousts MetLife

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 30 NOV 2010
Third-ranked group insurer Tower Australia is nipping at the heels of top two rivals AIA and ING, now called OnePath, after signing a landmark deal with the $20 billion First State Super. Effective next month, Tower will provide death, disablement and ...

Rise of Asia bonds: Temasek

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 30 NOV 2010
Asia's appeal as multi-trillion dollar bond hub is set to accelerate as the region primes itself to become a key alternative funding source for investors, said the chief financial officer of the $147 billion Temasek Holdings. Leong Wai Leng, chief financial ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 NOV 2010
The Australian market has received negative leads from offshore trading overnight, driven by concern about weakness in the Eurozone and instability in Korea. On the ASX24 at 0720 AEDT, the December share price index futures contract was two points lower ...