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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 AUG 2010
The Australian share market has received a weak lead from Wall Street where disappointing earnings and economic data put an end to the recent rally. At 0745 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was down four ...

IML Future Leaders posts 25pc return

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 3 AUG 2010
Investors Mutual Limited's (IML) Future Leaders Fund returned more than 25 per cent for the financial year to July beating its benchmark by more than 12 per cent and cementing its spot in the top five best performing Australian equities funds over the ...

Aon ramps up insurance and pensions

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 3 AUG 2010
The $1.5 billion Aon Master Trust has improved its insurance cover, boosted its pension capabilities and launched an asset allocation calculator as it builds on its suite of services. From 1 July 2010, the Aon Master Trust gives new members of Personal ...

Running of the bulls

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 AUG 2010
... Crisis? What crisis? Markit Economics reported last night that its Eurozone index of manufacturing activity jumped to 56.7 in July - a three-month high - from 55.6 in the previous month. This is due largely to increased exports. Didn't we say the euro's ...

Art lobby wins fight to keep SMSFs art-friendly

SPAA MEDIA STATEMENT  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2010
The Federal Government has endorsed the Cooper Review's key MySuper reforms but in a major victory for the art industry and self-managed super fund trustees, it said that it won't adopt the move to ban SMSFs from investing in 'collectables'. The leading ...

MySuper gets Government tick

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2010
The Gillard Government has approved the MySuper reforms as part of its agenda to boost Australians' retirement incomes. Over the weekend, Prime Minister Julia Gillard gave the green light to MySuper, with existing super funds able to offer MySuper products ...

Which way USA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2010
"Am I not pretty enough?" - Kasey Chambers This remains 2010's biggest question as we bade July bye bye. Just look at Wall Street's reaction over the weekend when America's real GDP results for the second quarter was released. What reaction? There was ...

Boring

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUL 2010
... also good news out of Europe last night. Crisis? What crisis? Eurozone business and consumer confidence rose to 101.3 in July - the highest since March 2008 - from 99 in the previous month. Likewise, strong export growth is helping Germans find jobs. ...

Usual uncertainty

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUL 2010
"Unusually uncertain" indeed! Flat, flat, flat. This is how the most major equity markets from Asia to Europe to Wall Street finished the past 24 hours. Some closed a little bit higher, others a tad lower, most just flatlined. Because of the "unusually ...

Seven US banks close in a week

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2010
SouthwestUSA Bank in Las Vegas, Sterling Bank in Florida and Home Valley Bank in Oregon were among seven banks that were closed last week alone in the US - suggesting the troubles in the US banking system are far from over. According to the Federal ...