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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2008
The Australian share market is expected to open flat today after US stocks see-sawed overnight. Asian markets fell heavily yesterday. At 0706 AEDT, the December Share Price Index futures contract on the Sydney Futures Exchange was up two points at 3,793. ...

Macq launches EM infrastructure fund

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2008
... Jonathan Ong. It will comprise of securities issued by entities that primarily own, operate and are associated with the development of infrastructure assets. Dali, who is in charge of the macro analysis segments of the fund, said the strategy is broken ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2008
The Australian share market is expected to open lower today after Wall Street joined stock markets around the world in a huge selloff on Friday. At 0810 AEDT, the December Share Price Index futures contract on the Sydney Futures Exchange was down 37 ...

Mortgage trusts face crisis of confidence

MICHELLE BALTAZAR, MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2008
... have extremely diversified loan books, low level of arrears or defaults and almost uniformly don't get involved in development loans," he said. David Bryant, head of AUI, said that they decided to freeze redemptions after the withdrawals escalated early ...

Buy side firms assess tech ability

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2008
... driving buy side investment firms to assess their technological operations. More than 475 people attended Charles River Development's annual conference despite tightening budgets, reflected the importance for buy side firms to stay ahead of the curve ...

GRI sets up Australian base

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2008
... of the Corporate Responsibility Index and its partnership with the National Business Leader's Forum on Sustainable Development. The partnership aims to boost the profile of responsible business practice and reporting economic, environmental and social ...

MLC upgrades its group insurance suite

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2008
MLC is raising the bar in group insurance, providing super funds with more insurance options at no extra cost. MLC's salary continuance benefits now cover 10 specific illnesses, which means members can receive double benefits for up to six months. For ...

PRI toolkit hits the market

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2008
... Mairead Hancock, EIRIS head of client services, said it is difficult to implement the principles and the toolkit's development provided a practical solution for investors.

IG Markets enables chart trading

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2008
... the firm also launched a new Chinese language CFD trading service led by Teresa Pang, IG Markets head of business development (Chinese). The new service includes a full Chinese website and dealing platform, client seminars, online seminars and IG Markets ...

AMP saves more in pension

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2008
More than 800,000 super members under AMP's Flexible Lifetime Super can now save as much as $110,000 more for their retirement by using AMP's transition to retirement (TTR) strategy alongside the group's newly-launched Pension Refresh option. AMP has ...