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Positive surprise beats Meredith's surprise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2009
And it's off...and they're running. The second quarter US earnings reporting season is off...and so far, company results are running ahead of expectations. Wall Street continued to travel night while we were sleeping. The S&P 500 closed 0.5 per cent ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2009
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open higher following another day of gains on Wall Street after a stronger than expected profit result from finance giant Goldman Sachs. At 0730 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price ...

CitySuper appoints $60m to Wellington

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2009
The $1 billion CitySuper has appointed a $60 million mandate to the Wellington Special Strategies Equity Fund. The $60 million came from an axed global equities mandate with Barclays Global Investors. According to Guy Rundle, investment relationship ...

Instos reverse traction in alternatives

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2009
Pension funds' investments in alternatives have shrunk 1 per cent to $1 trillion in 2008 - a stark contrast to the 40 per cent growth from 2007, new research shows. According to global research by Watson Wyatt in conjunction with the Financial Times ...

Amnesty highlights Shell governance shortfall

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2009
The Royal Dutch/Shell Group is under fire from a human rights group for not disclosing key information around its operations in the Niger Delta - potentially exposing fund managers to unknown corporate governance issues. The Amnesty International letter ...

No fear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2009
Stop! Take a deep breath. Now count to ten. There is no need to hit the SELL button. Many would have woken up to the bad news on Wall Street this morning. The Dow fell by 2.6 per cent overnight and the S&P closed 2.9 per cent lower. Or for extra effect ...

Media Super names CIO

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2009
Media Super has appointed Jon Glass in the newly created role of chief investment officer. The appointment coincides with the fund's first year anniversary following the merger of JUST Super and Print Super in May last year. The fund continues on an ...

NY fund blacklists Gazprom and Petrobras

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2009
The New York State Common Retirement Fund has pulled out $100 million of the fund's investments in nine companies including Gazprom, Oil & Natural Gas Corp and Petrobras on the back of a genocide report. The New York State comptroller, Thomas DiNapoli ...

Not a happy EOFYS on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2009
Just when you thought the last day of the month, the quarter and the halfway mark of 2009 would end on a high note for Wall Street, it ended with a whimper. Yes, while we were recharging our batteries -- and dreaming about winning that A$106 million ...

ASFA to host Communications forum and awards

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2009
Next month, the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia is hosting a communications forum and awards ceremony recognising the industry's top communication professionals. The ASFA Communications Forum & Awards will be held on 30 July at The ...