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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2009
... BHP Billiton added 20 cents to $30.70, and rival Rio Tinto gained 13 cents to $49.93. "Commodities last night were mostly red, so you've got no lead from commodities," Mr Smith said. "The Chinese market's in a position where it could go either way, and ...

BT revamps wrap for equities

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2009
BT Financial Group is heeding its advisers' calls for more efficient equities trading and recently unveiled a three-year program to rework the BT Wrap platform. The three year program, which begins next Monday, will include the introduction of bulk ...

Savings paradox

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2009
Yesterday's strong rally on Wall Street was followed by a flat performance overnight. Is Wall Street catching its breath before taking another jump? Or is it taking a deep breath for diving? Such is the uncertainty created by the current global economic ...

Lift retirement age, lower long term benefits: IMF

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2009
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said countries should consider lifting their retirement ages, raising pension fund contribution rates and containing age-related expenditures such as health costs. The irony however is that countries with largely ...

Fanning the flames of fear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2009
There is a saying that goes, 'if you have nothing good to say, just shut up' or something along those lines. These days it seems that after more than a year and a half of the global financial crisis, trillions in bail-out money, record low interest ...

Stanford slashes costs to save endowment

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2009
The $27 billion Stanford University endowment fund has slashed and frozen salaries, trimmed staff numbers and tightened its budget as its portfolio shrinks by 25 per cent. In a recent media statement, Stanford said it planned to cut close to $156 million ...

Instinet to donate brokerage commission to bushfire appeal

... settlement costs to those affected by the bushfires. The profits from all domestic ASX trades will also go directly to the Red Cross Victorian Bushfire Appeal. "We ask you to help us make sure Friday is a bumper day so we can maximise the amount we give," ...

Macq makes further cuts

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2009
Macquarie Bank continues to downsize its operations locally and overseas with more than 40 redundancies made in the bank's New York and London offices and at least 20 people cut from its Melbourne and Sydney branches. This week, Macquarie Bank has cut ...

Sunsuper cuts fees, adds FP service

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2009
Queensland based industry fund, Sunsuper is cutting the fees on all its pension products by 10 basis points to 0.25 per cent, which could save members around $300 a year. The fee reduction, which comes into effect in May, applies to the super fund's ...

Efficiency and social equity best way to fix super

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2009
Improved efficiency and more social equity are the best ways to fix superannuation, not more tax handouts or extra compulsory contributions, according to two major submissions presented to the Henry taxation review. "While the evidence shows there is ...