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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2009
... been worried about rising levels of souring debt on bank balance sheets. A late-session drop in banks left Wall Street's major benchmarks mixed. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 83 points, while the technology-heavy Nasdaq composite index ended ...

Platforms should merge

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2009
... sustainable, they said. To improve industry efficiency, Tubman and Liao said the government had to be prepared to consider major changes. One way was to do away with all the competing master trusts and wrap accounts and operate a single government-owned ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2009
... surprise investors next month by getting poor marks in the government's "stress tests," which are designed to determine whether major banks have enough capital to survive if the economy turns even worse. The results are due May 4. The Dow Jones industrial ...

Snowden departure forces ratings review

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2009
... months so we've been having independent reviews with Andrew Nicholas and Antoinette Platter who are going to take on the major roles there," said Davis. "We've got confidence in both of those individuals in managing the product so there's going to be ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2009
... Wesfarmers conducts an investor briefing. On Monday, the Australian share market closed slightly lower, with losses by the major miners dragging the main indices into the red after a positive start. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 7.7 points ...

AXA opens Singapore uni

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2009
... has appropriate facilities while maintaining the historical aspects. "AXA's establishment of the [university] here is a major initiative that will add to other manpower development and training efforts for the financial sector in Singapore, as well as ...

Risk of indigestion

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2009
Whoa boy! Take it easy. How many times have we been admonished by our elders to chew our food slowly right in the middle of chomping down a big chunk of that juicy, tender, savoury steak? Not once, not twice but many, many times. Because it is the me ...

Russell slashes Aust jobs

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2009
Russell Investment Group has cut around 20 per cent of the firm's Melbourne and Sydney staff, but leaves local investment teams mostly intact. According to industry sources, the firm's Melbourne office, where the majority of staff cuts were made, suffered ...

US employees flee pension plans

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2009
Up to 60 per cent of US companies are seeing their employees postpone retirement plans and reduce pension plan participation. Dissaffected employees are also increasing hardship withdrawals, according to a new Towers Perrin survey. US employees are ...

IMF and Swan riding on doom

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2009
What are they up to? What do they hope to accomplish? I am talking, of course, about the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and our very own Federal Treasurer Wayne Swan. What do they have in common? Both still have not learned their lessons. Both want ...

Editor's Choice

Mercer Super chief executive steps down

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |   12:01PM
Mercer Super chief executive Claire Ross is departing after almost 17 years in senior leadership roles at the retail super fund.

AusFood Super looks to revitalise member engagement

MATTHEW WAI  |   11:30AM
The $3.5 billion super fund has partnered with InvestStream to launch RetireSmart+, becoming the first super fund to bring an AI-powered engagement experience to some 66,000 members.

L1 Group posts 'marked recovery' in June quarter

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |   12:13PM
L1 Group has reported a marked recovery in investment performance in the June quarter.

European PE firm mandates Apostle with Australian distribution

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |   11:50AM
Apostle Fund Management has been appointed by European investment firm Triton Partners for the distribution of its credit strategies in Australia and New Zealand.

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