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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2010
... results are due from Austar and oil and gas giant Woodside Petroleum. On Tuesday, the Australian share market closed flat with major banks buffering the market against profit-takers. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was marginally higher, up 0.8 point ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2010
... resources sector, global miner BHP Billiton was 29 cents lower at $41.87, while Rio Tinto rose 31 cents to $72.82. Among the major banks, NAB fell three cents to $25.30, Westpac added three cents to $26.15, Commonwealth Bank rose seven cents to $54.20 ...

Pensions fail to direct manager voting

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2010
The majority of investment managers say they vote most of their pension fund clients' proxies at their own discretion - without instructions or guidance from their clients. New research from the Shareholder Association for Research and Education showed ...

Fees freeze on maternity leave at Virgin Super

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2010
Coinciding with the month of Mardi Gras celebrations, Virgin Super is cutting "unfair fees" charged to parents and same-sex partners with children on maternity and paternity leave. Virgin Money announced in a press statement that "Super Baby Break" ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2010
... senior client adviser and strategist Michael Heffernan said the local market was performing well. "It's been excellent with major stocks like the banks up two to three per cent and so, too, with the resources sector," Mr Heffernan said. "The only dark ...

Hasting sells off HUT stake

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2010
... metals, mining and energy. Working with clients through operations in Asia and Australasia the UK and Europe and in every major North American city, RBC Capital Markets provides capital markets products and services from 75 offices in 15 countries. RBC ...

Instinet adds four to Sydney office

PRESS RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2010
Instinet has appointed three sales traders and an equities IT specialist to its Sydney office. Scot Burton was hired as a senior sales trader while Alex Lai and Dan Heavener were both appointed sales traders. Chris Vella, was appointed to the equities ...

SuperChoice ups clearinghouse challenge

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2010
... allocation to super as part of their staff's pay packets. For some employers, superannuation contributions can become a major admin headache. Imagine a payroll officer sending superannuation money to 50 different super funds on behalf of 500 employees. ...

ANZ appoints Hogan as chief economist

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2010
... Research team, which provides economic analysis on the Australian economy, global financial markets and the economies of major trading partners. He will also be responsible for coordinating ANZ's regional economic and financial markets research capability ...

CareSuper ramps up insurance appeal

CARESUPER RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2010
... provide exactly the right cover for individual members, the fund's management said it was confident that it had addressed the major issues of its membership, allowing for both over and under insurance and providing the flexibility for members to tailor ...