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Continuum returns 12.4pc

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 18 JAN 2011
Active Australian share managers had a poor year, underperforming the ASX300 by an average 0.6 per cent, but there were still some shining lights in 2010, a new survey by Mercer has found. One such light is Continuum Capital Partners 'aggressive strategy'. ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 17 JAN 2011
The Australian share market reversed course in morning trade, losing 0.3 per cent by noon as investors digested the possible economic effects of floods in Queensland, Victoria and NSW. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 16.3 points lower ...

AMP names integration director as merger looms

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 17 JAN 2011
AXA APH has released a memorandum for its shareholders about its proposed merger with AMP - including information about estimated integration costs and the appointment of an integration director. In an ASX statement, AMP said it had appointed Paul Sainsbury ...

Year of the Bunny

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 JAN 2011
Christian Szell: Is it safe?... Is it safe? Babe: You're talking to me? Christian Szell: Is it safe? Babe: Is what safe? Christian Szell: Is it safe? Babe: I don't know what you mean. I can't tell you something's safe or not, unless I know specifically ...

Super funds still lag in understanding ESG

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 17 DEC 2010
From trustee duties to properly implementing ESG practices, super funds still have a fair way to go in properly incorporating environmental, social and governance factors in their investments, a new report found. New research by Corporate Analysis ...

Season's Greetings from the Financial Standard team

This is the final online newsletter from Financial Standard this year. The editorial team wishes you all a merry Christmas and a prosperous new year. The first online newsletter next year will appear on January 17 but until that time, the website will ...

Movers and shakers of 2010

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 17 DEC 2010
Regulatory reforms, politics, and high profile M&A activity dominated the financial services landscape this year - Financial Standard looks back at the stories that shook up the industry this year. It was an extraordinary year in Australian politics. ...

ACCC gives go ahead to SGX-ASX deal

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 DEC 2010
The competition regulator has approved the Singapore exchange's controversial plans to acquire the local bourse - setting the stage for a volatile debate next year over whether the deal is in the national interest. Approval from the ACCC was not expected ...

Shopping till unemployment drops

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 DEC 2010
If there is one proof that no one can fight against nature, it is the Americans and shopping. Yes Virginia, they continue to shop in stores and and even online! And they're not only window-shopping... they are actually exchanging money for goods and ...

AMP to launch Singapore direct property arm

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 14 DEC 2010
AMP Capital will expand its current business in Asia by developing an unlisted property business in Singapore next year. Andrew Bird, director and chief investment officer AMP Capital, said that the group will establish new funds, invest in more global ...