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Insurance stays afloat

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2008
The insurance industry may have been bashed by the troubles in the financial markets - but one researcher believes that most players are safe due to strong regulations, technology investments and sound portfolio management. According to Datamonitor ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2008
The Australian share market is expected to open higher after Wall Street surged overnight. At 0734 AEDT, the December Share Price Index futures contract on the Sydney Futures Exchange was up 130 points at 4,288. In economic news, Reserve Bank of Australia ...

Search for equilibrium

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2008
National governments, one on top of the other or in unison, have been throwing money and/or guarantees and/or lower interest rates at banks, financial institutions and the money markets to in order to restore confidence in the financial system. While ...

Large instos to move admin in-house

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2008
Technology expert SimCorp predicts more multi-managers and super funds will consider taking custodial-type services in-house to gain better clarity and control of their underlying investments. Rod Dew, SimCorp sales manager, explains that with increasing ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2008
... Airports holds a special shareholders' meeting in Sydney to vote on proposed buyback of up to $1 billion on securities and sale of stakes in Copenhagen and Brussels airports. Tower Australia Group Ltd holds an extraordinary general meeting in Sydney ...

No instant gratification

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2008
'Rome was not built in a day.' Wall Street's behaviour over the past few days reflects the GenXers and GenYers culture of instant gratification. Flick a switch and dinner is cooked, the music plays, moving images play on the screen. Click on the mouse ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2008
The Australian share market is expected to open significantly lower after US stocks slumped overnight as economic reports there showed the economy is headed for a recession, if not there already. At 0753 AEDT, the December Share Price Index futures ...

No sale for Suncorp

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2008
Suncorp chairman John Story has confirmed that discussions around the sale of the firm's banking and wealth management arms have ended for now. According to a statement released on the ASX, Story said that the market events in the past week in particular ...

Investors question direct property valuations

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2008
Criticism that some funds and their managers use supposedly artificial unlisted property valuations to bolster portfolio returns illustrates how different groups of investors have fundamentally contrasting views about how to interact with the property ...

CFS eyes fundamental indexing

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2008
Colonial First State has partnered with US-based fundamental indexing experts Research Affiliates in a bid to upgrade its multi manager portfolio. CFS will soon unveil a new subsidiary, Realindex Investments, which will have the exclusive right to use ...