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Jobs, jobs, jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2009
Watch the screens today! For at exactly 1130 hours (AEST), the Australian Bureau of Statistics will release a tally of how many of us were able to keep our jobs last month, how many were still looking for work and how many started submitting forms to ...

ASIC approves Opes Prime settlement

ASIC RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2009
ASIC has welcomed yesterday's court approval of the creditors Schemes of Arrangement that will oblige ANZ and Merrill Lynch to pay $226 million to Opes Prime clients. According to a media statement by ASIC, the schemes oblige ANZ and Merrill Lynch to ...

V still likely

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2009
Chk, chk, bang! Yes, ladies and gentlemen. Equity markets greeted August the same way it left July - with a bang! One by one the bears are beginning to wave the white flag as the thundering herd forces them back into hibernation. The "Maestro," former ...

The perfect hedge

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2009
Don't know about you but to me, this week is one of the most boring one for equity markets. Wall Street rebounded overnight. Big deal! The numerous companies that have reported second quarter earnings much - some even much, much - better than consensus ...

TGM wins Asset Super mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2009
Tactical Global Management has been awarded a mandate to manage the $1.1 billion Asset Super's currency overlay for its international equities and alternatives portfolios. Asset Super had previously employed State Street Global Advisors to manage the ...

CalPERS portfolio drops 23pc

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2009
The value of the California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) assets dropped more than 23 per cent to $220 billion in a year to June, the fund's most radical drop in valuations in a single year. While the pension fund's asset values dropped ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2009
The Australian sharemarket was over one per cent higher at noon, trading almost at a nine month high, as Rio Tinto and other commodity-related stocks gained. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 was up 47.5 points, or 1.16 per cent, at 4137.3 while ...

Macq Airport buys management rights

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2009
In a deal worth $345 million, Macquarie Capital and Macquarie Airports have agreed to a change in the Airports' management structure, investment fee model and company name, subject to shareholder approval. Under the agreement, the Macquarie Airports ...

Telstra Super rolls out phone advice

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2009
Australia's largest corporate super fund, the $9 billion Telstra Super, has upgraded its financial planning offering by introducing phone-based advice. Telstra Super Financial Planning, which had $4.9 billion in funds under advice and over 18,000 clients ...

Ways to go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2009
"The government is not contemplating another round of cash payments," Australian Federal Treasurer Wayne Swan told the Australian Broadcasting Corp. (ABC) early this week. This could be interpreted as either the Australian Government does not want to ...