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US Congress passes Wall Street reforms

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUL 2010
US Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner said the Dodd-Frank reforms approved by the US Congress this week will ensure that banks, not taxpayers, will pay for future bank failures, and protect consumers from Wall Street greed. Yesterday the 'Wall Street Reform ...

Nationwide signs Mercer for asset consulting

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUL 2010
Nationwide Superannuation Fund has signed Mercer as its asset consultant as the fund considers moving to a full implementation style asset consulting relationship. The five-year deal with Mercer follows a tender process that included six other asset ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUL 2010
The Australian share market is set for a strong opening after Wall Street and European markets surged on encouraging corporate earnings reports in the US. At 0732 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was 69 points ...

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 ...

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 ...

Centrepoint and PIS merger agreement changed

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 28 JUN 2010
The merger between Centrepoint Alliance and Professional Investment Services (PIS) is expected to go ahead but the agreement has changed. Centrepoint Alliance found no unanticipated issues with PIS during the due diligence process but the terms of the ...

Aussie quant funds stay ahead with proprietary data

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 21 JUN 2010
Australian equities quantitative fund managers may become far more secretive about their investment strategies as they strive to find different stock market signals to outperform their peers, according to one ratings firm. Justine Gorman, analyst at ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 JUN 2010
The Australian stock market is expected to open higher on Monday, after a positive finish on Wall Street and firmer oil and gold prices. At 0733 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index futures contract was up six points ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 JUN 2010
The Australian stock market is expected to open higher on Monday, after a positive finish on Wall Street and firmer oil and gold prices. At 0733 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index futures contract was up six points ...

Multiport buys AR Group stake

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2010
Multiport has bought a stake in SMSF administration firm, AR Group. Multiport chief executive John McIlroy said, "The purchase was strategic to us as we are broadening our service offerings to appeal more to the accounting market." "The AR Group has ...