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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2008
... said." "Certainly BHP and Rio are galloping away at the moment." "Looking at the negative side, there is no main theme. The major driving force globally for the market has been the positive performance on Wall Street." At 1130 AEST, it was revealed that ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2008
... Rio Tinto added 2.43, or 2.04 per cent, to $121.58 after announcing it will invest $US2.15 billion ($A2.3 billion) on a major expansion of its iron ore mine in Corumba, Brazil.

IUS hires ex-Tower manager

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2008
... in the Australian insurance industry. "Stuart is well known and well respected in the group risk market and will play a major role in further growing our business," said IUS Life general manager, Phil Collins. IUS is an Australian owned company which ...

BT Financial jobs on the chopping block

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2008
... billion by December end. Over the last five years, BT's FUM has been falling 1 per cent per annum although this reflects some major restructuring of their business. A BT spokesperson said in a statement the group has re-assessed its business requirements ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2008
... equities made it through a volatile morning to be slightly up at noon, but metals, mining, energy, materials and IT capped any major gains. In the US overnight major indices rose moderately although the NASDAQ climbed nearly one per cent as Amazon beat ...

Super funds to pass 'approved list'

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2008
Senator Nick Sherry continues his campaign to "renovate the house" when he filed a government submission calling for a radical change to the way employers select their default super fund - suggesting a default fund should be chosen from an 'approved ...

Aust must avoid Europe's ETS disaster

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2008
... match economic and political reality. For example, its proposal to cover 70 per cent of Australian emissions and all six major greenhouse gases (GHG) is streets ahead of the European ETS which only covers 20 per cent of emissions. The Australian ETS ...

Energy investments surge

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2008
... energy attracted one-third of the new capital and solar one-fifth. But interest in solar is growing rapidly on the back of major technological advances which saw solar investment increase 254 per cent. Countries attracting this investment are Europe ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2008
... cent, to 2,283.59, while the broad-market Standard and Poor's 500 was virtually flat, up 0.23 point at 1,260.55. But the major indexes still ended the week with big gains, the result of rising optimism about the troubled financial sector. The yield on ...

Fundies use proxy voting

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2008
... support decisions that are in the shareholder's benefit, not that of the management. For example, more than two-thirds of 65 major US fund managers voted against poison pills adopted without shareholder assent. Funds also voted for almost 40 percent ...

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Mercer Super chief executive steps down

RIDDHIMA TALWANI
Mercer Super chief executive Claire Ross is departing after almost 17 years in senior leadership roles at the retail super fund.

AusFood Super looks to revitalise member engagement

MATTHEW WAI
The $3.5 billion super fund has partnered with InvestStream to launch RetireSmart+, becoming the first super fund to bring an AI-powered engagement experience to some 66,000 members.

L1 Group posts 'marked recovery' in June quarter

RIDDHIMA TALWANI
L1 Group has reported a marked recovery in investment performance in the June quarter.

European PE firm mandates Apostle with Australian distribution

RIDDHIMA TALWANI
Apostle Fund Management has been appointed by European investment firm Triton Partners for the distribution of its credit strategies in Australia and New Zealand.

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