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Competing to devalue

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 SEP 2010
Let it rip boys! US equities closed weaker while we were sleeping apparently still reeling from the previous day's FOMC assessment that the US economy remains weak. Ok, let's give it that. But Bloomberg took it a bit farther. "The Fed said yesterday ...

Singapore to win asset mgmt race: report

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 SEP 2010
... services centres within China such as Beijing for a share of the asset management market. "As a more independent cluster in close proximity to Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand, we expect Singapore to attract the internationally footloose capital and ...

CommInsure wins industry fund mandates

MEDIA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 SEP 2010
CommInsure has won two mandates to provide risk insurance services to industry funds Care Super and Vision Super. Vision Super has appointed CommInsure for the fund's self-insured death and total and permanent disablement (TPD) insurances. This deal ...

Much ado over more of the same

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 SEP 2010
All dressed up and nowhere to go. Yup! Wall Street went nowhere alright. A day before last night's Federal Open Market Committee Meeting (FOMC), Wall Street was all prepped, seemingly ready to take it all, whatever the Fed decides - or more, importantly ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 SEP 2010
Australian shares may decline on Wednesday after US stocks were little changed and commodity prices slipped overnight following a statement from the US Federal Reserve that it was ready to further stimulate the US economy. On the Sydney Futures Exchange ...

ETF portfolio vs Future Fund portfolio shows gap

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 21 SEP 2010
... developed markets," he said. PennyWise Investments, which focus on ETFs in Australia, also holds 16 per cent cash assets, close to the dramatically reduced 13 per cent currently held by Future. "For a fund to be at 40 per cent in cash at the start of ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 SEP 2010
The Australian market has received strong leads from offshore trading overnight. On the Sydney Futures Exchange, at 0743 AEST, the December share price index contract was 42 points higher at 4,693. In economics news on Tuesday, the Reserve Bank of Australia ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 20 SEP 2010
... slipped 1.2 per cent, or 50 cents, to $41.00. The spot price of gold in Sydney was $US1,279.30, down $US1.48 from Friday's close of $US1,280.78. The sole positive stock on the S&P/ASX20 was Telstra, having risen four cents, or 1.45 per cent, to $2.79. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 20 SEP 2010
The Australian market has received positive leads from Wall Street trading on Friday, with all three US indices higher, along with precious and base metals. Oil was lower, however. In economic news on Monday, the market will be listening to a speech ...

BlackRock hires WA state manager

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 17 SEP 2010
... director and head of retail, said Ingate has worked in the financial services industry for over 30 years. "He has developed close relationships with a broad network of financial advisers across Western Australia and we look forward to working with these ...