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Big four banks have Gen Y appeal: study

NEW RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 AUG 2010
... Convenience of service, through easy access to branches and ATMs across Australia, and the approach to youth banking by the major banks, were identified as the two main factors behind the findings. The Datamonitor research also found that Gen Ys are ...

AustralianSuper seizes infra leadership

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 AUG 2010
... funds, and AustralianSuper intends taking a leadership role. The fund has not only announced intentions to appoint four major investment team leaders, including a head of infrastructure investing, they have just released a detailed statement about infrastructure ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 AUG 2010
... market closed at a one-month low amid domestic political uncertainty and concern over global growth, which weighed heavily on major miners and the banks. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 47.7 points, or 1.08 per cent, at 4,381.3, while the broader ...

Market Wrap - Midday

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 24 AUG 2010
... the weak lead from overseas, but clearly election uncertainty is acting like a lead weight around the neck of some of our major stocks. "Some of the major miners are down quite sharply this morning." BHP Billiton was 53 cents lower, or 1.4 per cent ...

ISS co-founder leaves proxy advice industry

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 24 AUG 2010
... Australia, then it was acquired by RiskMetrics, which was this year bought by MSCI for more than $1.7 billion. The firm is a major player in the proxy advice industry, currently advising over 70 per cent of major shareholders during the annual meeting ...

Bond rush

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 AUG 2010
... scaring the bulls away from the equities roller coaster ride and directing them into the bond market fun house. With no major data release out of America last night, Wall Street didn't start right - it continued where it left off last week - with the ...

Parrish, Williamson, Chow to exit CPG

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 23 AUG 2010
Following the purchase of a majority holding in asset consultant CPG Research and Advisory earlier this year by Sigma Alpha International Limited (SAIL), CPG principals John Parrish, Peter Williamson and Philip Chow will be leaving the business. Simon ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 AUG 2010
The Australian share market was flat in morning trade, as mining stocks buoyed by the election outcome offset mixed results in other sectors. At 1200 AEDT the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 2.7 points, or 0.06 per cent, at 4,433.6 points, while the ...

Nothing to fear in hung parliament

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 23 AUG 2010
... parliamentary chamber swing to the right even though the electorate has swung left, the superannuation industry is still expecting major aspects of the reforms of the previous government to continue. "If Labor is able to form a minority government, we ...

Funds with freebies

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 23 AUG 2010
In what is fast becoming a trend, many super funds now offer freebies or perks to their members in return for their continued loyalty. As impending regulation will allow fund members to switch super funds much easier than before, it seems that simple ...