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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUL 2010
... better-than-expected US corporate results. Leading European exchanges extended a five-day gain, closing with advances of close to two per cent following a strong opening to the day on Wall Street and after Asian markets lost ground. European stocks surged ...

AvSuper selects Hastings and Invesco

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUL 2010
AvSuper has given $35 million to Invesco to invest in Australian small cap equities and $24 million to Hastings Funds Management as part of its expanding global infrastructure portfolio. Invesco was appointed in June to invest in Australian small cap ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUL 2010
The Australian share market is likely to open higher as the second-quarter earnings season in the US got off to a positive start. After Wall Street closed marginally higher, aluminum maker Alcoa beat analysts' expectations and raised its forecast for ...

MLC to drop Aviva insurance brand

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 12 JUL 2010
In line with the terms of the sale of the Aviva insurance business and platform to NAB last year, the bank's insurance arm MLC will rename the acquired business' popular insurance product Aviva Protectionfirst to MLC Protectionfirst, effective October ...

ASFA adds to policy strategy team

ASFA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 12 JUL 2010
Former Ernst & Young partner, Jules Gribble, has joined ASFA as senior adviser - policy strategy. "Jules is an actuary and has 25 years experience as a consultant, adding an extra dimension to ASFA's policy and research team. Jules also has a keen interest ...

Paul does it again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 JUL 2010

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 JUL 2010
The Australian share market is likely to open the week moderately higher, after it received positive leads from major world markets on Friday. At 0735 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was eight points higher ...

Maritime and Auscoal Super in merger talks

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUL 2010
Maritime Super is in merger talks with coal community industry fund Auscoal Super to create an $8 billion-plus fund. The Maritime Union of Australia confirmed that Maritime Super, which had around $3 billion in assets at the end of March according to ...

Temasek seeks Asian equities fundies

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUL 2010
Local Asian equities fund managers looking to win mandates should pay the $150 billion Temasek Holdings another visit, after the sovereign fund flagged plans to boost its Asian portfolios, according to its annual performance report released yesterday. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUL 2010
... data suggesting an improvement in the US labour market. The London FTSE 100 index added 90.63 points, or 1.81 per cent to close at 5,105.45 points. FRANKFURT - In Germany, the DAX gained 42.8 points, or 0.71 per cent, to 6,035.66 points. PARIS - The ...