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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2011
... UK coal-fired power stations before the commencement of new environmental laws. At 1200 AEST, the spot price of gold in Sydney was $US1,589.90 per fine ounce, down $US14.70 from Thursday's close of $US1,604.60. Newcrest shares were 37 cents lower at ...

ASIC jobs cut as responsibilities rise

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2011
... penalty proceedings against those who breach the rules and would prefer infringement notices and enforceable undertakings. Sydney University Associate Professor of law Joanna Bird, said all regulatory organisations needed to live within their means and ...

Super funds drop fees after merger

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2011
... lower costs for members. Tom Taylor, chairman of Cuesuper, speaking at the Mergers & Acquisitions for Super Funds 2011 in Sydney on Wednesday, said it was one of the conditions of the deal. Taylor told professionals from the pension fund industry attending ...

New tool launched to gear SMSFs into property

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2011
... and invited financial planners to a roundtable discussion debating the merits of property in super. At the luncheon in Sydney on Wednesday, Craig Morgan, managing director of specialist mortgage broker SMSF Loans, said many people had thought the contributions ...

A minute to midnight sees super funds merge

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2011
... talk by Graeme Russell, chief executive officer of First Super at the Mergers & Acquisitions for Super Funds conference in Sydney yesterday. Russell, who has helped five funds transition into two, had many war stories about the merger process. "You've ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUL 2011
... four commodities in 2010/11, with production of iron ore posting its 11th consecutive record. The spot price of gold in Sydney was $US1,588.70 per fine ounce, down $US18.37 from Tuesday's local close of $US1,607.07. Gold miner Newcrest Mining lost 23 ...

Macquarie may slash jobs in dip

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUL 2011
... employee numbers, with some analysts speculating the bank may issue a profit downgrade at next week's annual meeting in Sydney. A news report in The Australian estimated that Macquarie has already reduced its Macquarie Capital employees from 1687 to ...

ASX carbon tax ready and willing

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUL 2011
... (ETS), first evaluating the infrastructure required to meet the needs of an ETS through its subsidiary, the formerly named Sydney Futures Exchange. Leeanne Bland, executive of media and communications at ASX told Financial Standard that the ASX has always ...

Bigger super funds may not be cheaper for members

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUL 2011
... topic of evaluating the pitfalls and benefits of merging at the 2011 Mergers & Acquisitions for Super Funds conference in Sydney on Thursday. For details on the event, which will feature board and C-level speakers from super funds including Cbus, Legal ...

Institutional appetite for RMBS behind lender acquisition

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 18 JUL 2011
... financial services distribution business with $21 billion in loans under management, will take a controlling interest in Sydney-based Calibre, which has a combined loan book of around $440 million. Calibre, operator of a warehouse funding line from a ...