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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAY 2012
SYDNEY, May 15 AAP - The Australian market looks set to open lower following falls on US markets overnight. At 0645 AEST on Tuesday, the June share price index futures contract was down 32 points at 4,265. In economic news on Tuesday, the Reserve Bank ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2012
SYDNEY - Australian shares are set for a flat start to the week as investors await developments in Europe. Greece moved closer to fresh elections on the weekend as talks between political parties, who are divided over austerity measures, failed to establish ...

The end is not nigh

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2012
My, my, hey, hey, rock n' roll is here to stay - or in our case Europe's sovereign debt, fiscal deficit, financial, banking, economic, political and social crisis. You name the crisis. One or more members of the Eurozone's got one, or more, or all of ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2012
Australian stocks have opened flat as market players wait for key economic data from China. At 1030 AEST on Friday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 2.7 points, or 0.06 per cent, at 4,292.9 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index had fallen ...

Hastings consortium snaps up de-sal plant

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2012
... currently has $6.9bn funds under management, according to Rainmaker figures as at March 31. The Hastings funds involved in the sale are the Utilities Trust of Australia (UTA) and The Infrastructure Fund (TIF), which includes investments in airports ...

NAB Asset Servicing wins JCP Mandate

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2012
National Australia Bank's Asset Servicing division has been awarded the mandate to provide custodial services to investment manager JCP Investment Partners. Asset Servicing will be assisting JCP Investment Partners with custody and investment administration ...

No money in equities

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2012
There were really no fresh talking points I could find on cyberspace last night, just a flipping of the flop in sentiment seen over the past few days. For last night we got news that US unemployment claims came in a thousand heads better than expected. ...

SMSFs face fire-sales of illiquid assets

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2012
... after their death, according to an SMSF advice and training provider. The consequences of this oversight could be the fire-sale of the property, with the risk of it being sold well below its market value, or of beneficiaries being liable for hefty death ...

TAL makes executive appointments

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2012
TAL has appointed John Hoyle as chief executive officer of its TAL Direct InsuranceLine business and Kent Griffin has joined TAL as chief financial officer. "We at TAL see increased consumer involvement in life insurance in [the] future and we expect ...

UniSuper bolsters listed infra exposure

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2012
... assets had attractive long-term investment characteristics with a high-quality portfolio of toll road assets and that the sale was due to clients rebalancing their portfolios. "This block trade achieves a portfolio rebalancing for two of our clients ...