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ING IM appoints new chief

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2009
ING Investment Management Asia/Pacific has appointed ING Funds Taiwan chief, Steven Billiet, chief executive of ING Investment Management Australia. Billiet is moving to Australia from his current position as chief executive of ING Funds Taiwan, which ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2009
The Australian stock market has received a mixed set of leads from Monday night's offshore trading session. While Wall Street finished higher and metals prices were firmer, the price of crude oil was weaker. At 0820 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2009
The Australian sharemarket was lower at noon with weaker financial and resources sectors offsetting gains in retail and consumer stocks. At 1200 AEDT the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 13.7 points, or 0.3 per cent, at 4,621.5, while the broader ...

AMP and AXA SA propose final offer

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2009
AMP and AXA SA have sweetened the bid for AXA Asia Pacific, increasing the cash component of the proposal in a move that the firms said is their best and final offer. The revised proposal means AXA Asia Pacific's minority shareholders are being offered ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2009
The Australian stock market has received a mixed set of leads from overseas during weekend offshore trading. While Wall Street finished higher after investors were buoyed by better-than-expected US retail sales figures, the price of oil and gold eased. ...

Super up again to $1.2 tr

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2009
Superannuation assets have climbed for the second consecutive quarter to reach $1.2 trillion, fuelled by the record returns recovery and stable contribution flows. According to the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA), superannuation assets ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2009
The Australian share market was up at noon following a good overseas lead but had fallen back from early gains because of a lack of good news to encourage investors to keep buying. At 1200 AEDT the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 15.6 points, or 0.34 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2009
Australian shares are likely to open higher on Friday after US stocks gained on better than expected US export figures. At 0711 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price index contract was 26 points higher at 4,640. In company news ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2009
A stronger-than-expected labour force report for the month of November pulled the Australian share market out of the doldrums and into positive territory at noon. At 1200 AEDT the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 8.4 points, or 0.18 per cent, at 4,646.3 ...

Westpac Super improves insurance

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2009
The $2.5 billion Westpac Staff Super has changed the way it calculates death and TPD cover - introducing a tiered structure to better meet members' lifecycle insurance needs. Westpac Staff Super, which had $2.46 billion at the end of June according ...