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Market to open lower

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2015
... that's on the mind on investors and ahead of the weekend, this is causing this decline." Market action focused on Intel and Altera after a media report said Intel's bid for its chip-making rival is still alive. In April it was believed Altera rejected ...

'Brexit' betting booths now taking bets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2015
Call it what you will -- 'patient panic' or 'patient party' - the fact is all and sundry dropped what they were doing to hear (or not hear), read (or not read) the word 'patient' from the Fed. It's there no more... with "not impatient" taking over its ...

Bubbling bubble?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2014
With one more trading day left to go, seems like Q1 would end... nowhere. There were some fresh data out of the US overnight but they provided nada direction for Wall Street. The third estimate of US real GDP growth was revised higher from an annual ...

Fed sorted easy, now for the ceiling

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2013
Huh? Was that it? Was that the correction we had to have? To borrow from Neil Young, "My my, hey hey," seems like rock n' roll is here to stay 'ey? You know what I mean. It's the S&P 500's big back-to-back corrections on Wednesday (down 1.2%) and Thursday ...

TWUSUPER upgrades member insurance

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2011
Transport and logistics industry fund TWUSUPER has strengthened its insurance package for members, offering increased death and total and permanent disablement (TPD) cover. As of May 28, the $2.4 billion fund will implement a raft of changes having ...

Equipsuper launches 'clever' insurance

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2011
The $4.4 billion fund Equipsuper has made a raft of alterations to its standard corporate accumulation plan, EquipExpress, branding this change 'Clever Cover'. The fund has renegotiated the pricing and the terms of its policy with Hannover and will ...

Money, money, money

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 OCT 2010

Aon awards mandate to Vanguard

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2009
The $1.6 billion Aon Master Trust has appointed Vanguard Investments Australia as its index fund manager, replacing State Street Global Advisors. According to a statement on the master trust's website, SSgA's securities lending practices involved a ...

Another dead feline bounce

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2009
... reports and earnings guidance that have been released so far. Goldman Sachs, Johnson & Johnson and last night, Intel, Cisco, Altera and Gannet. There you go. According to Bloomberg, "earnings topped by an average 20 percent for the 16 companies in the ...

Westpac prizes growth and alternatives

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2009
The $2.5 billion Westpac Staff Super is increasing its growth assets and introducing new defensive investments into three of its main options. Starting 1 April, Westpac Staff Super's higher growth, balanced growth and moderate growth investment options ...