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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 AUG 2010
... was off 2.78 per cent, or 15 cents at $5.25. The wealth manager reported a 19 per cent drop in first half net profit. The major retail banks were also down at 1215 AEST. ANZ had fallen 15 cents to $23.22, CBA was off 21 cents at $53.54, NAB was seven ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 AUG 2010
... economic reports reminded investors of the obstacles still facing the US economy. Investors were unhappy with just about every major earnings or economic report on Tuesday. Procter & Gamble and Dow Chemical reporting earnings and revenue that fell short ...

Crafter resigns as ARIA CEO

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 3 AUG 2010
Lochiel Crafter, chief executive of the $18 billion-plus Australian Reward Investment Alliance (ARIA), will be leaving the firm in September to return to the funds management industry. The trustee will now begin the search for a new CEO, according to ...

Super, homes and savings a happy combo

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 3 AUG 2010
Superannuation, bank savings and the family home are some of the key wealth factors linked to greater happiness among Australians, new research shows. The latest AMP.Natsem report notes that spending money wisely can boost happiness and particular types ...

Art lobby wins fight to keep SMSFs art-friendly

SPAA MEDIA STATEMENT  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2010
The Federal Government has endorsed the Cooper Review's key MySuper reforms but in a major victory for the art industry and self-managed super fund trustees, it said that it won't adopt the move to ban SMSFs from investing in 'collectables'. The leading ...

First SG raise costs no more than a cuppa

MEDIA RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUL 2010
Employers should not panic about the business costs of the move towards 12 per cent super, with the first rise to cost no more than a cup of coffee a week, according to the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST). Businesses and employment ...

Coalition details stance on commissions

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUL 2010
... election, the most important election in the history of financial services due to the vastly different policy positions of each major party. The election outcome will fundamentally shape the face of superannuation and wealth management over the next ...

ESI Super overhauls $800m Aus equities portfolio

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUL 2010
ESI Super has terminated a major Australian equities mandate with QIC and appointed five new managers to the asset class following a restructure of its $800 million Australian equities portfolio. Balanced Equity Management which received $200 million ...

Women in Super help raise $2.1m for breast cancer

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUL 2010
... raised $12,145; South Australia's Natalie Barton raised $4,756 and Tasmania's David Williams raised $1,285. ME Bank, the major sponsor of the Mother's Day Classic, raised an extra $42,477 for the National Breast Cancer Foundation by encouraging participants ...

Usual uncertainty

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUL 2010
"Unusually uncertain" indeed! Flat, flat, flat. This is how the most major equity markets from Asia to Europe to Wall Street finished the past 24 hours. Some closed a little bit higher, others a tad lower, most just flatlined. Because of the "unusually ...