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Perpetual gets four stars from S&P

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2010
The Perpetual Split Growth Fund has been assigned a four-star rating from Standard & Poor's Fund Services, which now rates the fund in the Multi-sector - Equity peer group. Previously the fund was part of S&P's International Equities - Diversified peer ...

HLB Mann Judd search for Henry clues

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2010
While investors will have to wait a while before they find out what the tax system changes are following the Henry Review, a leading tax expert takes a stab at what the new regime could be. Although the Treasurer is not giving anything away regarding ...

Super worries plague Aussies worst

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2010
Superannuation is the number cause of financial worries among Australians, but many are choosing newspapers over advisers for information when making financial decisions, new CoreData figures show. CoreData surveyed 4,000 Australians and found that ...

Credit Suisse supercharges Japanese trades

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2010
Credit Suisse broking and investment banking clients can complete Tokyo-listed share trades 750 times faster than the average person's reaction speed after the firm upgraded its trading technology. The AES Velocity equities technology provides clients ...

AXA pushes into Romanian life market

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2010
AXA has entered the Romanian life insurance market by purchasing Omniasig Life, which represents $18 million in premiums. Launched in 1997, Omniasig Life sells protection products that are sold through a network of 1,400 life agents. The purchase is ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2010
The Australian share market was lower at noon but had improved from a weak start following sharp falls on Wall Street on China's decision to curb bank lending in January. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 19.1 points, or 0.39 per ...

Macquarie wins mandate from Mexico

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2010
Macquarie Group is eyeing Mexican infrastructure this new year, following the launch of a new infrastructure fund and winning $294 million in mandates from seven Mexican pension funds. In a press statement released late last week, Macquarie announced ...

Johnson Report maps out new world order

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2010
The report commissioned by the Government a year ago to look into how to improve Australia's appeal as a financial services centre has come up with a host of recommendations that could transform the local wealth management industry. The Australian Financial ...

Australians all let us rejoice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2010
"Eat my shorts!" (Bart Simpson). Those who continue to hold a dim view of the Australian economy are fast dwindling. More have fallen by the wayside yesterday after the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released another "beautiful set of numbers." ...

Good For China

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2010
China is proving true to the words uttered by US President John F. Kennedy half a century earlier. In a speech in Indianapolis delivered on 12 April 1959, JFK said that, "When written in Chinese the word crisis is composed of two characters. One represents ...