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Recession over, now for the recession

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 SEP 2010
"The Business Cycle Dating Committee of the National Bureau of Economic Research met yesterday by conference call. At its meeting, the committee determined that a trough in business activity occurred in the U.S. economy in June 2009. The trough marks ...

Bidding time for AMP

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 20 SEP 2010
With NAB bowing out of the race for AXA APH last week, planners and investors are nervously awaiting AMP's next move. It was AMP after all, which fired the opening salvo in the race for AXA Asia Pacific Holdings (AXA APH) with its original bid for the ...

SG Hiscock wins $500 million AREIT mandate from Challenger

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 SEP 2010
Challenger Managed Investments Limited (CMIL) has appointed SG Hiscock & Company to manage two of its real estate securities funds. The funds were previously managed in-house and the move is part of Challenger's broader shift away from direct funds ...

BNP Paribas wins legalsuper mandate

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 SEP 2010
Legalsuper has appointed BNP Paribas Securities Services as its custodian, replacing National Australia Bank, the fund's custodian since 2002. The appointment of BNP Paribas follows legalsuper's re-appointment in June 2010 of JANA Investment Advisers ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 SEP 2010
The Australian share market is expected to open lower on Wednesday as Wall Street retreated late in its session on investor concerns about the economic recovery in the US. At 0700 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index ...

MLC Insurance on the hunt for new EGM

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 14 SEP 2010
MLC Insurance has an opening for the top job after Andrew Hagger assumes the new role of corporate affairs and marketing executive for National Australia Bank. This follows news that Hagger moves to corporate affairs while Andrew Howard, general manager ...

APRA post super assets at $1.23tr

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 10 SEP 2010
Superannuation assets fell by $31.3 billion for the June quarter, according to APRA's latest Quarterly Superannuation Performance report. Total assets declined by 2.5 per cent ($31.3 billion) during the June quarter while performance rate of super assets ...

Fidelity Australia nearly doubles FUM

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 10 SEP 2010
Fidelity Australia nearly doubled its FUM over the past year, off the back of the strong performance of its Australian Equity Fund and other products. According to Rainmaker Information, in the year to June 2010, Fidelity's domestically sourced FUM ...

Planners must follow insto go signal

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 9 SEP 2010
Equity risk appetite is back in positive territory among institutional investors - a trend planners sitting on the cash fence should pay heed to or risk clients missing out on the upside, an expert told 400 advisers and investors at an Asgard forum. ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 SEP 2010
The Australian stock market is expected to open flat. US markets were closed overnight for a public holiday, while European markets finished firmer. At 0703 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was down one point ...