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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2009
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open higher on Monday, after US markets rose to a nine-month high overnight as manufacturing, housing and banking reports suggesting that the economy is gaining strength. At 0716 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2009
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open lower on Monday, falling from an almost nine-month high, after subdued stock performances on US markets and declines in Europe on Friday. At 0727 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share ...

Mercer's self employed advice strategy falls short

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2009
Mercer Wealth Solutions' strategy to sign self-employed financial planning practices has netted only two practices in a year, well short of the expected 12 practices flagged last year. Mercer Wealth Solutions launched its self-employed financial planning ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2009
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open higher on Friday after gains in equities in the US, Europe and Asia overnight, and in commodities. At 0719 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was 33 points higher ...

Bennelong fund wins place with Alpha

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2009
Multi-manager Alpha Fund Managers has added a Bennelong Funds Management Australian equities fund to its Alpha Fund Series' multi-manager line-up. Launched in October last year, the Bennelong Australian equities strategy is managed by Bennelong Australian ...

Fed brawn, RBA brains

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2009
Days like these, I should have stayed in bed a bit longer. For this is one of those days when overnight action on Wall Street offered no adrenaline hit to my system. Will have to settle for three coffee cups this morning. The S&P slipped 0.3 per cent ...

Retirement adequacy beats market slump

MICHELLE BALTAZAR AND RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2009
Compulsory super and the long-term nature of retirement strategies are among the reasons why for many Australians, last year's financial crisis was a mere blip in their future retirement income, research shows. Today AMP has released its second Superannuation ...

Loaded one-way bet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2009
... built up the courage to mount a comeback? Normally I would have said, it doesn't matter. Whatever happens in July stays in July - or in August, September, October, etc... But these aren't normal times. It's true Virginia, I have argued that the stabilisation/ebbing ...

Media Super hires ING as insurer

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2009
Media Super has appointed ING Life as its new insurer for death and total and permanent disability insurance cover, and its income protection cover. The appointment follows a six-month intensive tender process. Media Super, an industry super fund with ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2009
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open weaker after US stocks fell and oil prices dropped overnight. Higher gold, silver and copper prices could help lift the market, however. At 0717 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share ...