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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2009
... All Ordinaries index was 5.6 points stronger, up 0.16 per cent, at 3,449.1. NEW YORK - Encouraging news on housing and corporate earnings helped Wall Street set aside some of its angst about the US economy on Tuesday. Stocks turned moderately higher ...

Capping fees is not the answer

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2009
... individual fund performance, not just 'aggregate' performance of funds depending on which segment they fall in, be it corporate, industry or retail. "We will look at causation. What is causing one fund to have higher fee than another. So we look at causation ...

Cycling for charity: Quadrant

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2009
... kick their addictions? For Quadrant Super, riding for charity is a breeze. The Tasmanian-based super fund is one of the corporate sponsors of Live Free Tassie, a charity organisation involved in helping young people with addictive behaviours. The charity ...

Sherry's to-do list for 2009

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2009
... loans and credit rating agencies. Speaking at a media function in Sydney last night, the minister for superannuation and corporate law said finalising the short selling regulations, national regulation for financial services and consumer credit, and ...

Worst of the worst

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2009
... central bank announced that it would begin purchasing up to 50 billion (US$71.5 billion) in assets, including high quality corporate bonds and commercial paper, asset-backed securities and syndicated loans. These will be funded by the sale of UK gilts. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2009
... TOKYO - Japan's benchmark Nikkei stock index closed up 0.56 per cent on Wednesday, overcoming early losses on hopes that corporate earnings will not be as bad as feared during the recession. The Nikkei rose 45.22 points to 8,106.29, one day after it ...

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 ...

Local super funds welcome Obama admin move

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2009
... under a "larger regulatory umbrella" to provide more accountability and transparency. Minister for superannuation and corporate law, senator Nick Sherry did not comment on how regulatory changes to the US financial services industry would affect the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2009
... Japanese share prices slipped to a three-month low on Monday, depressed by concerns about the weak economy and poor corporate earnings. The benchmark Nikkei-225 index lost 63.11 points, or 0.81 per cent, to 7,682.14, the lowest since October 28. HONG ...

Kaplan appoints CEO

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2009
Ex-ANZ managing director of corporate banking Neil Shilbury has been appointed chief executive of Kaplan Professional in Australia. Apart from his position as managing direct at ANZ, Shilbury was also previously head of business banking for New South ...