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Challenger to ramp up life and funds mgmt after mortgage sale

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2009
Challenger Financial Services said it intends to focus its resources on its life and funds management businesses following the sale of its mortgage management division to NAB for $385 million. This morning NAB and Challenger confirmed newspaper reports ...

Fear not a rate rise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2009
Uh, oh! Wall Street wobbled again at the end of last week. But nothing has changed really. Data releases remained mixed - characteristic of an economy that is at an inflection point. Over the past week, the Dow was down 0.5 per cent, the S&P 500 fell ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2009
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open lower after a fall on Wall Street on Friday and weaker commodity prices. At 0749 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was 28 points lower at 4397. The August reporting ...

ADB pours $240m to worst hit nations

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2009
Armenia, Georgia and Tajikistan may still be foreign territories for international fund managers - but a large Asian bank has pumped $240 million into the countries in a move that will help them and subsequently their neighbours, boost their investment ...

ESSSuper reviews Aussie eq, eyes alternatives

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2009
The $14.6 billion Emergency Services & State Super has slashed its exposure to Australian equities by 10 per cent and is considering tapping timber and commodity investments this new financial year. ESSSuper, which had $14.6 billion in funds at the ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2009
The Australian sharemarket was higher at noon, buoyed by the banking sector but weighed by resources. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index was up 5.9 points, or 0.14 per cent, at 4337.9, while the broader All Ordinaries index had risen 5.8 ...

Irrationally exuberant greater fool

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2009

ISN to APRA: get on with it

APRA should get on with publishing its 'whole of fund' returns league tables, said the Industry Super Network (ISN). The league tables are needed because there is insufficient independent information available for consumers to help them choose super ...

FPA and AFA call for reform

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2009
In a sign of solidarity, the Financial Planning Association (FPA) and the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) are pushing for the same regulatory reform, including the need for advisers to be members of a professional body. While the FPA and AFA ...

Wells Capital wins EM mandate

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2009
Wells Capital Management, an investment arm of Wells Fargo & Company, has been selected by Japan-based Nomura Asset Management to manage the firm's $1.1 billion Emerging Markets Consumer Stock fund. Wells Capital Management is sub-advising the fund ...