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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2010
The Australian market is likely to open in the red after US stocks and commodities plunged on investor concerns that the global economy is weaker than expected. At 0824 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price index contract was 134 ...

Merger creates $16bn mortgage aggregator

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2010
The $16-billion plus mortgage aggregator Vow Financial, part-owned by Macquarie Group, could pose a new threat to financial planning firms after the group's head said they also plan to start offering non-mortgage financial products. The merger includes ...

Macquarie in talks with Charter Hall

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2010
The details behind Macquarie's venture to potentially sell its real estate management platform to Charter Hall are still sketchy - but one property expert predicts the outcome of the deal could create a new heavyweight property player in Australia. ...

Future Fund slashes cash for alternatives

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2010
The $66 billion Future Fund has halved its 30 per cent allocation to cash in three months - with alternative assets getting the biggest boost in allocation following the move. The Future Fund's allocation to cash in September stood at 31.6 per cent ...

GESB reaches $10b milestone

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2010
Western Australia's biggest super fund, GESB, has reached the $10 billion mark in funds under management. GESB has experienced 107 per cent growth in the fund over the past five years, noted Michelle Dolin, chief executive of GESB. A major contributor ...

RBF-Tasmania CEO resigns

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2010
Simon Gillies, chief executive of the $3.5 billion RBF-Tasmania for the past five years, has resigned from the fund. Gillies is leaving the fund in February, but declined to mention specifically why he is leaving RBF-Tasmania in an email interview. ...

Computershare boosts data protection

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2010
Computershare has hired Symantec to ensure the company's extensive share registry is protected from data loss. The Australian-based corporate administration services provider implemented the Symantec Data Loss Prevention solution worldwide to protect ...

Stimulexit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2010
Get shorty! Equity markets, commodity markets, corporate bond markets and all other riskier asset markets continue to extend their gains early in 2010. But somehow, the uptrend does not look as convincing as last year's rally. Are markets psyching themselves ...

Australians all let us rejoice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2010
"Eat my shorts!" (Bart Simpson). Those who continue to hold a dim view of the Australian economy are fast dwindling. More have fallen by the wayside yesterday after the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released another "beautiful set of numbers." ...

Fixing an industry on steroids

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2010
Day One of the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission (FCIC) highlighted the testimony of an investment veteran who said the industry has long been on steroids - and called the commissioners to help build a system that doesn't need to save the banks every ...