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Market wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2012
The Australian market looks set to open lower after mixed performances on international markets overnight following promising growth data from China and news that troubled Spain was holding a bond auction at lower borrowing rates. At 0800 AEDT on Friday ...

NZ Super fund breaks $20bn

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2012
... concentrating on the things we can influence." He added: "Our weighting to growth assets leads to ups and downs in short-term performance. The crucial factor is how the fund performs over the long term - in our case 20-plus years. "The fund is well placed ...

Towers Watson appoints new director

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2012
... organisational surveys and insights team. Towers Watson is engaged in management consultancy, helping organisations improve performance. It has 14,000 associates worldwide. Dr Hall succeeds Lesley Brown who will now concentrate on her role as the regional ...

Zenith upgrades State Street ETFs

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2012
... personnel, security selection, portfolio construction, risk management, organisational strength and risk adjusted performance. "We have upgraded the rating on the fund given its position as a highly liquid ETF in the market place with very tight tracking ...

Future Fund tarred by its tobacco stocks

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2012
An otherwise robust performance by the Future Fund was undermined this week when its senior executives were forced to justify their tobacco investments before a Senate Committee. Appearing before the Finance and Public Administration Legislation Senate ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2012
... family's influence at the helm of News Corporation, Rupert Murdoch says the company is well-positioned for strong performance and the market likes what it is doing. SGP - STOCKLAND - down 13.5 cents, or 3.80 per cent, at $3.415 Property developer Stockland ...

It's raining, it's pouring good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2012
... column 'IMF - It Means Fun' - and found that it provided a consistent and reliable contra-indication of the S&P 500's performance over those five years. See http://www.financialstandard.com.au/news/view/23199043. And what do you know, 'twas only exactly ...

Super fund launches mobile site

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2012
... able to view and email themselves a range of forms, access educational fact sheets and review the fund's investment performance. "By offering our members the option of accessing their super details on-the-go, we're opening another channel for them to ...

IOSCO recommends reforms to the $4.7tr MMF sector

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2012
... contagion crisis that fuelled the GFC in 2008. "Although money market funds (MMF) did not cause the crisis, their performance during the financial turmoil highlighted their potential to spread or even amplify a crisis," noted the just released report. ...

VFMC names new chief

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2012
... with the existing experienced and talented executive team, will build upon the very solid investment and operational performance of the past three years. "I would also like to record my and the board's appreciation for the terrific contribution made ...