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Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2012
... The global miner opened 14 cents lower at $33.13, while fellow resource giant Rio Tinto lost 16 cents to $54.25. Among the major banks, Commonwealth Bank was 19 cents down at $55.61, National Australia Bank had shed nine cents to $25.28, Westpac had ...

Sluggish growth the new norm: Janus

MARK STORY  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2012
... short-term upside, says Wellso is the time it will take for the EU to work through its current debt crisis. Wellso says the major problem shrouding the EU is how uncompetitive it has become. Due to union and regulatory issues, she says the EU's single ...

UK to ban exotic retail investment products

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2012
The UK regulator, the Financial Services Authority (FSA), looks set to ban the promotion of exotic investment products to retail investors, following the release of a consultation paper that said the product class should be restricted to sophisticated ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2012
... sluggish US economy. At 0748 AEST on Thursday, the September share price index futures contract was up nine points at 4,370. No major economic news is expected on Thursday. In equities news, Insurance Australia Group, Qantas Airways, Fairfax Media, Tatts ...

Soros family office buys into Man United

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2012
George Soros has taken a 7.85% stake in Manchester United through his family office investment arm, Quantum Partners. News of the purchase surfaced yesterday after the Financial Times cited a filing with the US Securities Exchange Commission (SEC). ...

Wake up call for instos on staff retention

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2012
While the vast majority of the country's finance professionals want to remain living and working in Australia at the moment, four in five are considering moving out of the sector and into alternative industries. These were among the findings of eFinancialCareers ...

Sunsuper expands nationally

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2012
... part of a push to expand the fund's national footprint. The hires, based in Perth and Sydney, coincide with the launch of a major advertising campaign targeted at consumers outside of the fund's home state of Queensland. "Sunsuper already has a healthy ...

Fear for financial future reigns

MARK STORY  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2012
... (53%) the employees surveyed agree that their workplace stress is manageable, nearly a quarter (23%) indicated stress is a major factor which could result in them leaving their job. Lesley Brown, Regional Practice Leader - Employee Surveys and Insights ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2012
... one cent to $1.63 after it posted a steady profit result and forecast a similar performance in the year ahead. Among the major banks, Commonwealth Bank was $2.56 lower at $54.79, National Australia Bank had dumped two cents to $24.61, Westpac had sagged ...

APRA tweaks insurance in super

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2012
... conditions of cover provided by a general insurer might not continue. The draft prudential standards additionally identified a major risk for both insurers and super funds stemming from poor data quality and put the industry on notice that standards ...