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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2011
... their deep debt problems. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.96 per cent to 11,893.9. Locally on Friday, private hospital operator Ramsay Health Care was 15 cents higher at $19.61 after it secured $2 billion in new debt and confirmed its guidance ...

ASFA recognises super industry's best marcomms campaigns

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2011
The superannuation industry's best marketing and communications campaigns were honoured this morning at the ASFA 2011 Communications Awards presentation in Brisbane. The big winner was HOSTPLUS which scooped the pool, taking out four of the nine awards ...

Union members an industry fund minority

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2011
There are three times as many people in industry funds as there are union members, showing that industry funds should no longer be identified as union superannuation funds. The Qantas industrial dispute has ignited interest in Australia's industrial ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2011
... America, which added 4.0 per cent after it said it would raise another $US1.5 billion in cash through the sale of a stake in Hospital Corporation of America to the hospital owner-operator itself. Bond prices fell, despite expectations that the Federal ...

Financial Standard launches iPad app

RACHEL DAVIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2011
Financial Standard has launched the Financial Standard iPadA(R) app.The app will allow iPadA(R) users to download the tablet edition of the Financial Standard fortnightly newspaper, with the latest issue available now. The app is available for free ...

Prime Super buys hospital carparks for stable revenue, growth

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 18 AUG 2011
Superannuation fund Prime Super has made a large infrastructure investment, buying a stake in nine Australian hospital carparks. The rural and regional fund, which has just under $1.2 billion in funds under management, has invested through buying a ...

Market woes cause adviser headache

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2011
... Italy," he said. Spooner said non-cyclical stocks would fare best in the current environment. His two picks were private hospital operator Ramsey Health Care and funerals provider Invocare. Ramsay Health Care would benefit from the growing population ...

REST focused on long term after posting healthy returns

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2011
REST Industry Super's core strategy achieved returns of 9.56% for the last financial year, which the fund attributed to its active management style, while its tax-free core pension strategy returned 10.71%. The $20 billion hospitality industry fund ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUL 2011
The Australian share market was expected to open stronger today, despite the absence of leads from offshore trading overnight. At 0702 AEST, the September share price index futures contract was up 18 points at 4,614. In economics news on Tuesday, the ...

Industry digs deep for children's charity

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2011
... The proceeds were donated to the Humpty Dumpty Foundation, which provides much needed medical equipment for children's hospital wards. "We were all captivated by the work the Humpty Dumpty foundation does. The aim was to raise $3,585 to purchase an Air ...