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Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2012
SYDNEY - The Australian market is set to open higher, despite a mixed performance in overseas stocks markets. At 0835 AEST on the ASX 24, the December share price index futures contract was up 12 points at 4,417 points. The local market on finished ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2012
The Australian market is set to open higher, despite a mixed performance in overseas stocks markets. At 0835 AEST on the ASX 24, the December share price index futures contract was up 12 points at 4,417 points. The local market on finished lower on ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 SEP 2012
The Australian market looks set to open slightly lower despite modest gains on overseas markets. At 0808 AEST the September share price index futures contract was down five points at 4,410. The local market on Wednesday finished at its highest level ...

ANZ ditches Visa shares

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 SEP 2012
ANZ has said that it is undertaking a review of asset valuations, after announcing that it had sold its remaining shareholding in Visa Inc for a $224 million after tax profit. "The industry-wide requirements to hold more capital means that ANZ will ...

Draft legislation to streamline trans-Tasman retirement savings

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 SEP 2012
The government has released a draft legislation to establish a trans-Tasman retirement savings portability scheme, expected to assist the thousands of Australians and New Zealanders who move across the Tasman every year. The new proposed scheme, which ...

VicSuper and Vision Super in merger talks

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2012
Vision Super has begun talks regarding a potential merger with VicSuper following the collapse in May of its planned merger with Equipsuper. Barbra Norris, VicSuper chairperson, said there was strong alignment between the two funds particularly in terms ...

Why QE3 will work

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2012
Uh-oh, I think I made a boo-boo. Two gentle readers wrote to express their disagreement with the musings I wrote on this column yesterday - yes, the one where I said "QE3 will work," just as QE1 and QE2 did. In case you missed it, you can read it here ...

Mercer highly recommended by Lonsec

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2012
Mercer's multi-manager funds have been rated "highly recommended" by Lonsec. Mercer said they are the only multi-manager fund group to be consistently rated this highly and that this rating is only granted when Lonsec believe the fund or product can ...

More innovation needed on 'demand side' infra opps: ASFA

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2012
In the debate about alternatives to investment in transport infrastructure, the temptation is often to simply look at another road or rail project to address supply-side demand related to the congestion in Australia's capital cities. Yet, as ASFA's ...

AustSafe appoints head of investments

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2012