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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAY 2010
The Australian share market may open slightly higher on Wednesday despite further falls on global markets over concerns about regulatory moves to address the financial turmoil in Europe. At 0738 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2010
The Australian stock market was continuing to fall at noon amid ongoing uncertainty surrounding European markets and the proposed Australian resources rent tax. By 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 66.4 points, by 1.49 per cent, at ...

Mercer appoints CIO in UK

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2010
Mercer has appointed investment veteran Bill Muysken to the new role of chief investment officer for alternative alpha strategies, based in the UK. Muysken rejoins Mercer after spending the last three years in the hedge fund industry. He spent the early ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2010
The Australian share market looks set to fall when it opens on Wednesday after Wall Street resumed its slide due to the falling value of the euro. At 0746 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index contract was 52 points lower at ...

Service core to Tower mandate: AustralianSuper

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 17 MAY 2010
Better and faster service was a core reason why AustralianSuper awarded Tower one of the largest insurance mandates in the industry last year, said the fund's chief executive, Ian Silk. Speaking at the Institute of Actuaries of Australia conference ...

New insurance benchmarks on the cards

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2010
The insurance industry could soon face a price shake-up as the Institute of Actuaries of Australia gears up to launch a new set of life tables aimed at providing price benchmarks to insurers. The institute has been collating information from major life ...

Feeding the fear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 MAY 2010
Feeding the fear. Times like these, it's not so difficult to do. Just replace the word "Greece" with "global" in Greece sovereign crisis and what do you have? You have Global Sovereign Crisis and the attendant panic and volatility in the financial markets ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAY 2010
The Australian stock market has received a positive lead from offshore markets, with Wall Street closing higher and oil and gold prices firmer. At 0741 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index contract was 20 points higher at ...

Govt unveils more super reforms

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 3 MAY 2010
The Rudd Government hopes to boost national retirement savings by raising the superannuation guarantee from 9 to 12 per cent - a move that drew a mixed response from the industry. The Government announced it would raise SG to 12 per cent from 2013 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 MAY 2010
The Australian stock market is expected to open lower, following a weak finish on Wall Street during Friday night's offshore session. At the close of Friday night's session on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index contract was 62 points ...