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Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 NOV 2006
The Australian sharemarket is expected open stronger following an across-the-board rally in commodity prices and a better Wall Street lead. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0726 AEDT, the December share price index contract was up 10 points at 5,384. ...

Diversify out of Aust equities: van Eyk

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 21 NOV 2006
On the back of recent research, van Eyk has warned planners they should be rebalancing their clients' portfolios away from Australian equities while they will need to search harder for local managers who are actually able to add value. Dr Jerome Lander ...

Capacity starting to bite Down Under

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 20 NOV 2006
Capacity constraints are starting to eat into Australian investment opportunities, according to Simon Ibbetson, S&P's director, investment consulting. Ibbetson said that the sheer weight of money pouring into investment markets from super funds was ...

Market Wrap - midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 NOV 2006
The major banks were mixed, with Commonwealth Bank falling 32 cents to $48.03 and ANZ dropping 23 cents to $28.42. Westpac dipped one cent to $24.17 by 1205 AEDT while National Australia Bank rose two cents to $38.82. Media stocks were mostly higher. ...

Superpartner looks to health care to recruit senior execs

Superpartners has made a string of senior appointments including the newly-created role of chief operating officer for a former Medibank Private chief information officer. The superannuation administrator has announced Peter McNeil is the new chief ...

At long last some logic on FSR streamlining

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 17 NOV 2006
The Government has proposed reforms to FSR that may at long last restore some balance to the more extreme rules that have plagued financial planners and locked some consumers out of getting advice. Chris Pearce, parliamentary secretary to the Treasurer ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 NOV 2006
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open down today after metals prices were mixed overnight. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0753 AEDT, the December share price index contract was down 14 points at 5,385. Companies convening their annual general ...

Member investment arbitraging hits GESB: reports

ALEX DUNNIN, MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2006
Poor fund design will cost superannuation funds millions of dollars unless they start to upgrade their outdated or inadequate investment reporting systems. The latest fund to be impacted is the $6.3 billion GESB public sector super fund in WA, according ...

Netwealth expands into SMSF servicing

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2006
The netwealth group, already one of the most flexible platform groups in the market, has added yet more features with the acquisition of a Self Managed Superannuation Fund (SMSF) administration business. Michael Heine, managing director of netwealth ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 14 NOV 2006
The changing structure of world trade is again in focus with the release of information on Australian exports showing that those going to Asia rose from 57 per cent to 62 per cent in the five years to 2005 at the same time that exports to the US fell ...