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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2008
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open in the red after US stocks fell overnight. At 0703 AEDT, the December Share Price Index futures contract on the Sydney Futures Exchange was down 46 points at 3,650. In news today, the Reserve Bank of Australia ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2008
... lower at noon and had extended its morning losses as banks and resources stocks dragged the local bourse further into the red. At 1215 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 103.2 points, or 2.75 per cent, at 3644.9 while the broader All Ordinaries ...

Trustees should adopt system-wide policies: Sherry

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2008
Superannuation minister Senator Nick Sherry urges trustees to adopt superannuation policies that will benefit the entire industry - dispelling the age-old notion that trustees only need to look after the welfare of their own members. Senator Sherry ...

G20 to the rescue

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2008
Buying on news? Bargain-hunting? Attractive valuation? Crisis solved? Factor X? Whatever the reason, Wall Street see'd again when it should have saw'ed. US equities surged almost 7 per cent last night despite a plethora of more gloomy news. Below are ...

FirstChoice platform upgrade

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2008
Colonial First State is supercharging its FirstChoice platform with the addition of a government guaranteed cash deposit product, four Realindex RAFI funds and an enhanced range of insurance service. The platform's new FirstRate Saver includes no ongoing ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2008
... by National Foods. Woodside Petroleum Ltd holds an investor briefing. Yesterday, the Australian share market closed in the red for a second consecutive day after losses on global markets and lower commodity prices overnight. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 ...

The good oil

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2008
Just less than a year ago, households, businesses and financial markets were bracing for crude oil at US$200 a barrel. And in July 2008, this fear threatened to become a reality when crude oil prices topped US$147.27 a barrel in the international markets. ...

ING to develop retirement security products

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2008
ING Australia chief executive, Harry Stout, is assessing overseas efforts to combat longevity risk while also battling against the erosion of retirement savings in bad markets to develop better retirement security products for super fund members. Speaking ...

Japan's pensions turn to alternatives

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2008
Japanese pension funds are rethinking their diversification strategy and planning to reduce their domestic equities allocation in favour of more alternative assets such as absolute return products, according to a new survey. A JPMorgan Asset Management ...

Sisyphian challenge

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2008
Like the mythical king Sisyphus, fiscal and monetary authorities continue to push a huge boulder up a hill only to watch it roll back down. But while Sisyphus rolled the same rock over and over, the global boulder authorities are trying to push over ...