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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2008
The Australian equities market was trading higher at midday led by improved sentiment toward the financial sector after Wall Street closed up more than one per cent overnight. At 1200 AEST the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index gained 77.4 points, or 1.55 per ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2008
Australian stocks were lower at noon as lower commodity prices hurt resource stocks and several bellweather US firms reported dissapointing earnings results after Wall St closed. US stocks had initially provided a strong lead after commercial and investment ...

Market Jitters Redux

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2008
Market Movers Overnight 15 July "Just when you thought it was safe to get back into the water." This was the movie JAWS 2's tagline back in 1978 and it aptly applies to the global financial markets current predicament. It may not have been a complete ...

Trouble at Threadneedle Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2008
More signs that US problems have made their way into the UK came overnight. After signaling in recent weeks that it is more likely to follow the European Central Bank (ECB) and tighten monetary policy rather than ease, the Bank of England (BoE) succumbed ...

LUCRF makes history

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2008
The superannuation industry doesn't often talk about its history but 2008 marks a century since the introduction of age pensions and thirty years since the birth of LUCRF, Australia's first modern super fund. The revolution began a century ago when ...

ING NZ appoints first Aus chief

CAMERON BOGGS  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2008
Helen Troup, ING Australia's executive director of Life Risk, has been promoted as the first Australian chief executive of ING New Zealand. Paul Bedbrook, regional chief executive of ING Asia Pacific said Troup was promoted to the role after driving ...

Bravura broadens UK footprint

CAMERON BOGGS  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2008
Homegrown financial software provider Bravura Solutions has been busy signing deals in the UK after extending existing contracts with Legal & General and MGM Advantage. This week Bravura renewed its contract with Legal & General for another three years ...

Sparks fly at APRA statistics forum

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2008
A forum convened by APRA to discuss their superannuation statistical surveys became one of the most heated seminars the industry has seen in years as the regulator reacted to heavy criticism that they are not properly reporting investment returns. Charles ...

Perpetual hires former Citi head of investments

CAMERON BOGGS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUL 2008
Perpetual Investments has appointed Andrew de Vries to the newly created position of general manager for Perpetual DIY Super. Returning to Perpetual after three years, de Vries was head of investments at Citibank Australia. Prior to that, he was the ...

Wanted: Wharton scholar

CAMERON BOGGS  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2008
The Fund Executives Association Limited (FEAL) and KPMG are giving one local super fund executive a shot at a full scholarship to Wharton, one of the most prestigious business schools in the world. The scholarship is targeted towards Australian based ...