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MAP Super seeks alternatives, hires Bennelong

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2009
MAP Super is boosting its diversification strategy by tapping alternatives such as private equity and hedge funds, and has hired Bennelong Funds Management as a new investment manager. According to an August update of the fund, MAP Super is increasing ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2009
The Australian sharemarket remained in the red at noon following big losses in the energy sector after a drop in oil prices, and falls on Wall Street overnight. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 87.9 points, or 1.95 per cent, at ...

Integrity wins $190m United mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2009
United Funds Management has awarded Integrity Investment Management with a $190 million Australian equities mandate following the termination of its deal with MIR. Australian Wealth Management-owned UFM, which had $6.1 billion in funds under management ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2009
The Australian market has received strongly negative leads from the key Wall Street and European indices overnight, and from another drop in the price of crude oil and base metal copper, although precious metals were higher. At 0725 AEST on the Sydney ...

High expectations, low satisfaction on super advice

ROY MORGAN RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2009
More people are satisfied with superannuation advice from accountants than from independent financial advisers (IFAs), the latest research from Roy Morgan shows. The firm tracked consumer satisfaction with the financial performance of superannuation ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2009
The Australian share market may fall a little further on Tuesday after equity markets around the world slumped overnight on concerns about heavy losses in Chinese stocks on Monday. At 0718 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2009
The Australian share market is likely to open little changed after small declines by most US markets on Friday. Resource stocks may gain after metals prices increased. At 0725 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract ...

Diversa buys MARF Super

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2009
Super administration and investment management house Diversa has entered into an agreement to buy the $37 million retail master trust, Managed Australian Retirement Fund. ASX-listed Diversa Limited is looking to acquire the investment and administration ...

Lucky, lucky, lucky

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2009
Australians all let us rejoice! We should be so lucky. Lucky. Lucky. Lucky. For a teeny-weeny land that represents only around 2 per cent of the global economy, nobody expected that this "lucky country" would be this lucky. While the biggest economies ...

Day of silence

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2009
... confirms previous reports of a turnaround in the sector. New home sales rose by 9.6 per cent to 433,000 units (annualised) in June -- the largest increase since February 2005. So are the equity markets pausing for a jump or a dive?