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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 MAR 2012
... governor Glenn Stevens is schedules to address to the Credit Suisse 15th Asian Investment Conference 2012, in Hong Kong. No major equities news is expected. In Australia, the market on Friday closed flat, having recouped losses earlier in the day. The ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2012
... continued overnight. At 0820 AEDT on Friday, the March share price index futures contract was up 21 points at 4,309. No major economic news is expected on on Friday. In equities news, Australian Agricultural Company (AAC) is due to hold its annual general ...

Unions, AIST hit back at Abbott comments

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2012
Unions and super associations have responded to comments from Opposition leader Tony Abbott who blasted union involvement in industry super funds. According to The Australian, Tony Abbott reportedly called industry super funds gravy trains for union ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2012
... and Santos was three cents lower at $14.54. Gains in the financial sector partly offset weaker resources stocks, with the major banks modestly higher. ANZ was up 15 cents at $22.45, Commonwealth Bank gained 19 cents to $48.99, Westpac added 11 cents ...

Macquarie sees managed accounts surge

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2012
... accounts provider, which currently holds more than $1.1bn in funds under management for its clients, said it has experienced a major uptake of its managed accounts during the past 12 months to over 80 not-for-profit organisations as clients with self ...

When optimism rains, it pours

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2012
... economists shows that, "Developed economies will pick up steam this year thanks to an array of ultra-loose monetary policies from major central banks and amid new signs of progress in the euro zone's debt crisis..." The poll showed upward revisions to ...

Xenophon targets super funds for greater transparency

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2012
... approach that gives super fund members similar rights to equity holders in a listed company. "If you're a shareholder in a major ASX company, you're entitled to go to the AGM and move a resolution, yet you could have half your life savings in Super without ...

Retail trumps wholesale in managed funds

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2012
... Superannuation funds recorded a 1.6% increase over the December quarter, although were still down 2.7% over the year with most major companies reporting a percentage reduction in the low to middle single digits of FUM. Despite the decrease in superannuation ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2012
... $65.78. Making news, Fortescue Metals Group will raise $US1 billion ($A954.29 million) through a bond issue to fund its major expansion plans. Fortescue shares were up eight cents, or 1.4 per cent, at $5.85. Property developer Stockland has expanded ...

Gunns shares suspended

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAR 2012
... investment would have formed part of a proposed $280 million capital raising which would have seen the investment firm take a major stake in Gunns.