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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2010
... Alesco Corporation Ltd will post its half year financial results. On Wednesday the Australian market closed sharply in the red after a broad-based sell-off sparked by concerns about economic worries in China and the United States. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 ...

Retirement savings gap to reshape Aussie workforce

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2010
Inadequate retirement savings will force more Australians to work past the average retirement age of 60, creating new challenges for planners when mapping out the right financial plan. According to a survey of more 1,200 people last October, a high ...

Asia ushers 2010 with caution

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2010
... context of evolving deflation and inflation risks. Hedge funds, many of which came out of the GFC limping, will also be on the red alert list of investors. Many will undertake stronger due diligence on their hedge fund strategies, and some will rethink ...

Unlisted property continue to pose liquidity headaches

JOHN KAVANAGH  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2010
Changes to the liquidity of unlisted property securities has become a big portfolio construction issue for fund trustees, financial planners and investors. The move late in 2008 by a number of unlisted property fund managers to freeze redemptions has ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2010
The Australian share market was down almost two per cent at noon as concerns about the US and European economies and increased regulation combined with worries about a slowdown in China. At 1200 AEDT on Friday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down ...

Computershare boosts data protection

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2010
Computershare has hired Symantec to ensure the company's extensive share registry is protected from data loss. The Australian-based corporate administration services provider implemented the Symantec Data Loss Prevention solution worldwide to protect ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2010
... Resources release fourth quarter production reports. On Tuesday, the Australian share market reversed early gains to close in the red on low volumes as profit-takers targeted banks and financial stocks. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index ended down 49.9 ...

Stimulexit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2010
Get shorty! Equity markets, commodity markets, corporate bond markets and all other riskier asset markets continue to extend their gains early in 2010. But somehow, the uptrend does not look as convincing as last year's rally. Are markets psyching themselves ...

AUSCOAL Super adds another cash manager

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2010
AUSCOAL Super has given a fixed interest mandate to Colonial First State Global Asset Management (CFS GAM) to invest funds in high-rated and secure cash investments. An AUSCOAL Super statement said the investment mandate is designed to make its cash ...

AustralianSuper overhauls SRI mandate

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2010
AustralianSuper has redefined its $270 million socially responsible investment (SRI) mandate with Perpetual Investments from a strict exclusion approach to a broader best-of-sector strategy. The changes, which occurred this month, mean AustralianSuper's ...