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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAR 2010
The Australian share market has received mixed leads from overseas, with Wall Street indices flat to mixed, gold higher, but silver, copper and oil all lower. At 0728 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index contract was eight ...

ING focuses on executive governance

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2010
Following public outrage against big financial institutions acting irresponsibly, Europe-based ING Group's top 200 managers have signed a company memorandum that binds them to act with integrity at all times. Signatories to the principle's vow to act ...

FUM breaks through $1.4 tr

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAR 2010
Assets managed by investment managers has broken through the $1.4 trillion barrier again after climbing 12.8 per cent in 2009 and returning to where it was 18 months ago, according to new research from Rainmaker. "This is the third consecutive quarter ...

Abu Dhabi SWF opens it doors

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 15 MAR 2010
The Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) has published its first annual review, which shows its investment strategy and governance practices, to comply with the Santiago Principles and improve transparency. ADIA was established in 1976 and invests ...

Diversify risk, not assets

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAR 2010
The best risk management tool any investor can have is a culture of awareness to diversify risk - not just assets, said one industry expert. Alison Tarditi, chief investment officer of the multi-billion dollar Australian Reward Investment Alliance ...

ING enhances OneCare

PRESS RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 8 MAR 2010
ING Australia has improved its life insurance product, OneCare, that allows policy holders to increase their cover by up to 25 per cent on the amount insured on every third year policy anniversary without a medical check-up. The insurance firms 'future  ...

Future Fund behind Azerbaijan on transparency

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAR 2010
The sovereign wealth fund transparency index has found that Australia's $66 billion Future Fund is slightly less transparent than SWFs of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), New Zealand and Azerbaijan. The SWF Institute has developed the Linaburg-Maduell ...

While we wait for payrolls

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAR 2010
Whew! Thank goodness we got some reprieve from the avalanche of economic data released over the past few days. Wall Street closed flat to up overnight as it nervously awaits what the mother of all economic releases - the US Non-farm Payrolls report ...

IFSA and Deloitte launch Future Leaders award

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2010
The Investment & Financial Services Association and Deloitte have launched the IFSA/Deloitte Future Leaders Award - encouraging young financial services executives to submit ideas on how to solve some of Australia's toughest economic issues. Sarah Woodhouse ...

Data data everywhere

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2010
Mondayitis. This and the flood of first-tier economic data set to be released later in the week will keep the Australian financial markets well, a bit out of sorts today. Friday night's performance on Wall Street was not telling enough to sway Australian ...