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Legalsuper calls for default funds review

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUL 2011
... additional requirements about performance standards. As such, poor performing funds assigned as the default for employees are gaining new members when they don't deserve it, said legalsuper, asking for refinements to the default fund selection process. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2011
... London Stock Exchange is once more a likely takeover target. In response, LBG rocketed to the top of the FTSE 100 index, gaining 9.73 per cent to 49 pence as investors welcomed news of the measures. Off the FTSE 100, the London Stock Exchange saw its ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUN 2011
... 30-year bonds. Energy stocks jumped along with a rebound in oil prices, with ExxonMobil rising 2.1 per cent and Chevron gaining 1.4 per cent after the world's two major oil benchmarks -- West Texas Intermediate in New York and Brent North Sea crude in ...

Market Wrap -Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUN 2011
... battered by fears of fallout from the Greek debt crisis, were among the biggest winners on Monday, with Bank of America gaining 3.1 per cent and American Express rising 2.5 per cent. Shares of Microsoft surged 3.7 per cent amid rumours that the software ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2011
... cents to $40.24 and Oil Search gained three cents to $6.48. Materials stocks were moderately higher, with Fortescue Metals gaining nine cents, or 1.49 per cent to $6.15. "Mining stocks generally speaking are not that exciting," Mr Chatterton said. BHP ...

Perpetual transitions team around Sevior

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2011
... strength of Perpetual's portfolio management team cannot be questioned as they have worked through the ranks at Perpetual, gaining the right experience to handle these senior roles. "The feedback we have been getting from clients is that Williams has ...

VIX says no fear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2011
... proved it. US jobless claims declined by 16,000 to 414,000 in the week ended 11 June. This is good. The US economy is gaining strength because it's lower than market expectations for a drop to only 420,000. Talk about clutching at straws! The other 'good' ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2011
... polled by Dow Jones Newswires. Elsewhere on European bourses, the picture was mixed with Milan up 0.24 per cent, Brussels gaining 0.20 per cent and Madrid added 0.10 per cent Amsterdam and Lisbon stocks fell marginally, down 0.07 per cent and 0.06 per ...

It's all good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 MAY 2011
... not bad news. Readers won't be happy. Even the G8 had to temper their good news communiquA(C) -- "The global recovery is gaining strength and is becoming more self-sustained." - with "...downside risks remain, and internal and external imbalances are ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2011
... afternoon trade, unless a major market-moving announcement was made. "Over last three days, we've seen shares actually gaining in Australia despite negative leads out of the US and European markets," Mr Daghlian said. "Today, we've gone the other way. ...