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Global funds face currency pains

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2009
Global fund managers have been caught out by the 30 per cent fall in the Australian dollar late last year, forcing some funds to stop distributing income to unit holders for the March quarter. Research firm Zenith Investment Partners reported that the ...

CGT roll-over relief for super mergers

MEDIA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2009
The Federal Government is expanding the optional capital gains tax (CGT) roll-over for capital losses for mergers of complying superannuation funds. Senator Nick Sherry, Minister for Superannuation and Corporate Law, last week announced that the optional ...

ANZ Super reviews trustees

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2009
The $1.7 billion ANZ Staff Superannuation Scheme is on the hunt for trustees to join its board - a move that echoes Westpac Staff Super's recent call for members to elect two directors to its own board. Over the next few months, ANZ will be holding ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2009
The Australian share market was marginally in negative territory at noon, with profit-takers targeting resources stocks and investors digesting Macquarie Group's 52 per cent annual profit fall. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 was down 9.6 points ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2009
The Australian share market was over two per cent higher at noon, driven by a strong lead from Wall Street and a sharp rise in the copper price overnight that lifted local resources stocks. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 was up 85.4 points ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2009
The Australian stock market was lower at noon as the financial sector was affected by ANZ's disappointing first half profit result. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 18.6 points, or 0.5 per cent, at 3689.8, while the broader All ...

Pockets of income in property

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2009
GDI Property Group notched a bargain when it purchased a CBD office centre known to Adelaide locals as the Black Stump - a landmark building that will underpin a new fund that promises a regular income distribution of at least 10 per cent per annum. ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2009
The Australian sharemarket has shrugged off fears of the impact of swine flu to rise in morning trade, with gains to big miners, banks and the grain sector. At 1200 AEST the benchmark S&P/ASX200 was up 38.1 points, or 1.02 per cent, to 3769.7 while ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2009
The Australian stock market was stronger at noon, pushed up by the banking and resources sector and highlighted by a big surge in shares in brewer Lion Nathan. At 1223 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 40.6 per cent, to 3752.9, an increase ...

AXA Rosenberg launches EM strategy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2009
AXA Rosenberg Investment Management Asia Pacific has released the Global Emerging Markets Equity Trust. Sydney based, Kathryn McDonald, head of investments Australia/New Zealand at AXA Rosenberg, said the firm's research found a strong relationship ...