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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 22 JUL 2013
... end of last week. At 0745 AEST on Monday, the September share price index futures contract was up 21 points at 4,963. No major economic news is expected on Monday. In equities news, Australian Foundation Investment Company is scheduled to post full year ...

One in five ASX200 companies ignoring social media

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2013
More than one in five of Australia's largest companies are failing to make use of social media, according to a study by business researcher BRR Media. While the majority of ASX200 companies increased their social media usage in the past year, BRR's ...

Super board quality compromised over pay rates

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2013
... $76,368. The lowest reported figure for a board director was $14,647 and the highest was $62,501. The data was sourced from 37 major super funds across every market segment. Despite this challenge, Denton said Australia's superannuation funds "were a ...

Market Wrap AM

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2013
... reaching record highs. At 0756 AEST on Friday, the September share price index futures contract was up 20 points at 4,972. No major economic news is expected on Friday. In equities news, Santos is slated to post its second quarter activities report ...

Giant firms hold sway in infrastructure investment industry

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2013
The top 10 infrastructure fund managers by capital raised in the last 10 years accounted for 45% of the total raised by closed-ended infrastructure funds in the last decade, according to alternatives researcher Preqin. In its July edition of Infrastructure ...

ASIC orders further PIS scrutiny over compliance concerns

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2013
... subject to a monitoring program by an independent expert to ensure that its advice processes meet the standards set out in a major enforceable undertaking (EU). The EU came to an end on March 2012 and PIS presented it to the Australian Securities and ...

Zurich makes platform debut, mulls providers

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2013
... been focussed on helping advisers improve their back office efficiency through a number of technology mediums. "Initially a major priority was around delivering live datafeeds through the major CRM platforms," Kewin explained. He added that "the next ...

Super funds need more women in senior roles: WIS

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2013
... while super did a better job of promoting women than many industries, there was still plenty of room for improvement. "As major institutional investors, super funds are in a position to put pressure on other businesses to improve gender diversity. But ...

Henderson to grow local presence through "buy and build" approach

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2013
... boutiques and discussions with a number of Australian businesses are on-going," Gaden explained. Henderson, which has a major presence in Europe and just over $100 billion in assets under management invested globally, is hoping to build on the strength ...

Super fund mergers pose capacity problem

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2013
... face of super fund consolidation. Hyperion Asset Management managing director Tim Samway said his boutique had lost one major investor as a result of consolidation. "There's simply not enough capacity for smaller funds to absorb the extra capital following ...