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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 SEP 2010
Australian shares may decline on Wednesday after US stocks were little changed and commodity prices slipped overnight following a statement from the US Federal Reserve that it was ready to further stimulate the US economy. On the Sydney Futures Exchange ...

ARIA chief rejoins State Street

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 21 SEP 2010
Outgoing ARIA chief executive Lochiel Crafter is returning to State Street Global Advisors as head of investments for Asia Pacific. Crafter announced last month that he was leaving ARIA after joining the fund in May 2008. In the newly created role at ...

ETF portfolio vs Future Fund portfolio shows gap

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 21 SEP 2010
In an experiment to see how a retail investment portfolio made up mainly of ETFs compares with the Future Fund's portfolio, Financial Standard discovers key investment gaps. David Bassanese, director of PennyWise Investment Economic & Investment Consulting ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 SEP 2010
The Australian stock market at noon on Tuesday was higher, following a rise on United States markets overnight. At 1200 AEST the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 14.9 points, or 0.32 per cent, at 4,646.2, while the broader All Ordinaries index had ...

Divorcing super

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 20 SEP 2010
Divorce battle over self-managed super fund assets and art ownership within SMSFs raises tricky questions over what happens when only one of the splitting couple is a fund trustee. Many Australian couples are often unaware of the effect divorce can ...

Super segmentation comes of age

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 16 SEP 2010
Age is nothing but a number, even in super, with one researcher ambitiously setting up a new template to segment fund members beyond the usual Gen X, Gen Y and Baby Boomer divide. The 2010 Ultimate Superannuation Marketing Metrics study, conducted by ...

NZ Super to look for green mandates

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 16 SEP 2010
Australian fund managers looking for mandates from the $16.4 billion NZ Super Fund may soon have to display how they input environmental, social and governance factors in their strategies as the fund pushes ESG considerations higher on its priority ...

May the FORCe be with you

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 16 SEP 2010
Fiducian has upgraded its adviser software and the new version has increased planner productivity by as much as 50 per cent, the group claimed. Launched at the recent adviser development day in Sydney, the Fiducian Online Resource Centre (FORCe) now ...

Market Wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 16 SEP 2010
The Australian share market is expected to open firmer on Thursday as Wall Street rebounded after an early dip on Wednesday to close higher as investors tried to keep a September rally alive. At 0720 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September ...

Challenger to open redemptions on mortgage fund

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 SEP 2010
Challenger's Howard Mortgage Fund proposes to make $850 million of funds available for investor redemptions by Christmas, as part of a major restructuring to improve returns and liquidity. In a statement, Challenger said it will ask all its mortgage ...