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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2007
... rally in the last hour of trade... and gave our market a pretty good lead." Mr Wacher said gains were spread well across the board. "The energy sector has really been pretty strong, along with the health sector, I think CSL is really up quite a lot after ...

The worm turns

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2007
... inflation is too high to be consistent with the RBA's target band. Hence, interest rates would rise at the next 6 November RBA Board meeting. Bad news for the Government" Meanwhile many of Australia's big banks have already already started to re-price ...

Challenger FP model pays dividends

... financial planning business was trailing behind its rivals. To help fix that, Kirk and his team went back to the drawing board to change how Challenger supports its advisers. Kirk called it "industrialising" the business. "That meant being excellent ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2007
... institutional dealer Ric Klusman said the resources and banks had been hit hardest today. "There is red right across the board. The resources and banks are predominately being hit. There are not many things that are up - Prime Television, Energy Developments ...

Canadian fund slams investment restrictions

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2007
... the Pension Benefits Act limit pension funds to owning no more than 30 per cent of a company's shares eligible to elect a board of directors. Funds can also invest only 5 per cent of book value assets in a single parcel of real estate or Canadian resource ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2007
... (but), in fact, in the top 20 there isn't a single solitary stock I can see that has gone up, so it is spread across the board," he said. "I think there's a bit of profit-taking going on." He said Rio Tinto had made one of the biggest moves of the morning ...

ACT govt funds adopt sustainable investing

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2007
... Responsible Investment and implement a risk-based approach to its investment decisions, following recommendations from its board. Jon Stanhope, chief minister and treasurer of the ACT Government, said the board's findings rejected the 'value based' approach ...

Intech rounds out product team

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2007
... Ron Liling said the investment product team's growth would enhance Intech's product suite. "With Katherine and Julie on board, the Intech product team is now well positioned to continue to develop our product suite and meet the increasingly complex and ...

IFSA to release new guidelines

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2007
... coming weeks". While he was unable to give further details on confidentiality grounds, Gilbert said, "they're issues that the board identified some time ago, and they're coming towards a decision." Gilbert said as Australia's funds management industry ...

SPEC(Q) delivers electrifying returns

... been a busy year for the fund, which grew assets from $288 million to more than $400 million in twelve months. Among the board's initiatives were doubling the benefits for members aged 35 to 55 under a new death and TPD insurance arrangement. The fund ...