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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 FEB 2011
... Australia Group was the best performer on the S&P/ASX100, up 12 cents, or 3.3 per cent, at $3.76, while Suncorp Group was in third place, up 24 cents, or 2.92 per cent, at $8.45. QBE Insurance Group is in a trading halt pending a statement following ...

Maritime gives members a work out

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 FEB 2011
... don't trust their fund as much since the GFC. Additionally, recent survey figures from online bank RaboDirect found that one third of Australians feel their finances are "in the red" while 73 per cent thinks teaching financial planning in schools is ...

BetaShares launches currency ETF

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 1 FEB 2011
... benefit from capital gains discount should they qualify under the ATO regulations," said Corbett. The U.S. Dollar ETF is the third ETF listed by BetaShares after the Resources Sector ETF (ASX: QRE) and Financial Sector ETF (ASX: QFN) listed on the ASX ...

APRA releases 2010 fund level returns

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 1 FEB 2011
... emerged during the two-year space between assessments from June 2008 to June 2010, not appearing in 2008 but being rated third in 2010. APRA said the whole of fund measure combines earnings of a superannuation fund's assets across all its products and ...

Three in five advisers opt out of opt-in: research

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 28 JAN 2011
Research published last week reveals fierce resistance from financial advisers to adopt the proposed annual 'opt-in' reforms, arguing the approach could do more damage than not to their clients' portfolios and impose more compliance burden on their ...

Value Partners top Asia fund tables

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 28 JAN 2011
... latest in a number of awards for the fund manager with its fund managers, George Yang and Eric Chow also receiving first and third rankings, respectively, in the Leading Buyside Individuals - Asia category while Value Partners was named "Management Firm ...

AIG sells Nan Shan stake

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 25 JAN 2011
... and the Nan Shan brand. Established in 1963, Nan Shan is the largest life insurer in Taiwan by total book value and the third largest by total premiums, serving four million policyholders through a network of 24 branches, 500 agency offices, approximately ...

Mobile internet tools take flight

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 24 JAN 2011
... devices to complement their smartphones," said Tony Cripps, Ovum principal analyst, in a statement. "This will either be as a 'third device' where there is a high-penetration PCs or the primary computing device where there is low-penetration." In Australia ...

When good is good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 JAN 2011
... advanced estimate to show that the US economy quickened to an annualised rate of 3.5 per cent in the fourth quarter from the third's 2.6 rate. Very good you say? Well yes... maybe. For in these days of unpredictable market reaction, things are well... ...

Continuum returns 12.4pc

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 18 JAN 2011
... return in the three months to December 31, 2010, ahead of all other surveyed products. For the year, the strategy was ranked third overall, with a return of 9.7 per cent, compared to the 1.9 per cent gain in the ASX300. "We run a disciplined investment ...