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AIA on hiring spree

PRESS RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2010
AIA Australia has appointed five executives and promoted a number of others across its product and adviser teams after the insurer's national dealership manager and head of adviser services left the firm. Former AXA Australia senior product manager ...

Up, down, flat trading day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2010
Wall Street remains on system standby. You can reason one way or the other until you're blue in the face but the fact remains that there wasn't anything new in last night's data releases. It's the same old, same old mix of negatives and positives. Besides ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2010
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open relatively flat as Wall Street edged into the red at its close as the Federal Reserve said the economy continues to grow at a slow pace. At 0825 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price ...

US fund managers say long term, trade short term

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAR 2010
A US-based study has found many US fund managers are churning their portfolio more often than they said they would - giving new evidence that short-termism is rife and long-termism is just lip service for many. The study found nearly two thirds of institutionally ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAR 2010
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open higher on Wednesday with Wall Street boosted by corporate takeover activity. At 0700 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price index contract was 27 points higher at 4,730. In economic ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2010
Australian shares are expected to open lower after Wall Street indices were down overnight, and commodity prices fell. At 0822 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price index contract was 54 points lower at 4,664. In economic news on ...

CareSuper ramps up insurance appeal

CARESUPER RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2010
The $3.2 billion CareSuper is doubling the death and TPD cover for members over 30, and basing its default cover for younger members on their lifecycle commitments. CareSuper, the 200,000 member industry fund for administrative and professional employees ...

ASIC cancels Hedge Securities licence

ASIC RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2010
No answers to phone calls, no longer in operation - ASIC has cancelled Hedge Securities and Investments's Australian financial services licence after finding the company had ceased to carry on a financial services business. ASIC found that Hedge Securities ...

Good news day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2010
... that on this day -- the first anniversary of the disbursement of the stimulus from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) - the Obama administration is congratulating itself for a job well done. The fiscal and monetary stimulus worked. Reuters ...

IMA research lag hampers investors

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2010
The lack of research on individually managed accounts (IMAs) in Australia have prevented more investors from putting their funds in the sector. According to Kris Vogelsong, head of corporate development at Private Portfolio Managers, the US' IMA and ...