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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2009
The Australian sharemarket is likely to open in the red following heavy falls on Wall Street. At 0814 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March SPI futures index was 96 points lower at 3,420. In economic news on Friday, the Reserve Bank of Australia ...

Mandate to the Future

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2009
The Future Fund is looking to build up its debt portfolio this year and beef up its alternatives portfolio with investments that have "niche" risk premia. David Neal, the Future Fund's chief investment officer, gave an insight on where they are likely ...

ING chief joins IFSA board

ING Australia's chief executive Harry Stout joins the IFSA board. Stout also takes up the position of chair of IFSA's Marketing and Distribution Board Committee. "Stout replaces former director, Rob Coombe who resigned from the IFSA Board on 1 December ...

Trustee survey reveals top asset classes

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2009
Infrastructure, private equity and commodities are going to be the most preferred asset classes this year, according to a trustee survey released this week. According to a Centre for Investor Education survey of 30 industry fund trustees and retirement ...

Good Bank Bad Bank

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2009
Bad bank sparks optimism in US equities. Last night's decision by the US Federal Reserve's Federal Open Markets Committee to leave interest rates unchanged at virtually zero was a no-brainer. How can it do otherwise when the deepening financial and ...

Unilever Super seeks super provider

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2009
The $240 million corporate super fund Unilever Super is looking to completely outsource its superannuation functions to a single super provider as soon as mid-2009. Early last year, Unilever Super conducted research among its members to determine their ...

Bigger fish to fry

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2009
Inflation is coming back down all over the world. The trend in consumer prices in Australia will be no different. At 11:30 AM this morning, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) will release data showing how consumer prices fared in the December ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2009
The Australian sharemarket is likely to open higher on a positive lead from the US. Gold, copper and oil were down, but silver was up on Wall St. At 0812 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March SPI futures index was 43 points higher at 3,419. ...

Sucked in

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2009
Roll out the money-making machine. The US economic and financial situation continues to burn while the politicians fiddle. In spite of the goodwill that Barack Obama took with him to the Oval office and the fact that he has already etched a 'game plan' ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2009
The Australian sharemarket has received a mildly positive lead from Wall Street but stronger metal prices have pushed up the Sydney Futures Exchange. At 0816 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March SPI futures index was 16 points higher at 3,345. ...