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TOWER, CommInsure tie as top insurers

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2011
TOWER Australia and CommInsure both named Life Company of the Year in the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) and Plan for Life awards held yesterday. In a surprise, the two life insurers ranked equal in the main category, with the awards committee ...

Hitting a BRIC wall

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2011
... basic commodities would, by extension, slow consumer spending, limit economic activity, weaken business sales and lower company profits. By how much the BRICs and other emerging economies slow remains a big question mark. But financial markets seemed ...

PE-Backed IPO exits top $10bn in 2011 YTD

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2011
... in changing expectations for future projects. "Investors are now more cautious about the level of leverage at which a company operates, with many now expecting the private equity company to hold stakes in the operating company and use the proceeds from ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 FEB 2011
... market on Tuesday prompted the large decline in the US and helped limit Wednesday's losses in Australia. He also said local company reporting was attracting the attention of investors. "There were a lot of reports today attracting attention," Mr Leppinus ...

GFC hangover hits Perpetual profit

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 FEB 2011
... have any material impact on the fundamentals of Perpetual's core business. After significant items were stripped, the company's underlying profit after tax increased 13 per cent year-on-year to $41 million for the six months to December. Perpetual Investment's ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 FEB 2011
... Ltd was among the worst performing stocks in the ASX 50 index, falling 55 cents, or 4.65 per cent to $11.27 after the company posted a 13 per cent fall in first half net profit. Pay television provider Austar United Communications Ltd was up 1.5 cents ...

Countplus float buoys half-year profits

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 22 FEB 2011
... holding in Countplus to $37.15 million as the main contributor to the result. The windfall gain beat expectations as the company was previously reported to be expecting its holding in Countplus - a collection of 16 accounting practices, one financial ...

Bennelong shuts global equities fund

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 22 FEB 2011
... manager, Security Global Investors (SGI), closed its global equities office following a business review by its parent company. Security Benefit, acquired by Guggenheim Partners in February 2010, opted to shut SGI's San Francisco office, leaving the Bennelong ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 FEB 2011
... of $117.9 million for the six months to December 31, 2010, down 33.3 per cent on the previous corresponding half. The company's shares gained 11 cents or 2.19 per cent to $5.14. Shares in Amcor Ltd surged 20 cents or 2.98 per cent to $6.92 after the ...

Bank blocks pension gold

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 21 FEB 2011
... its investment in gold from 13 per cent of its portfolio to three per cent or less. SPVG, the pension fund of glassworks company Vereenigde Glasfabrieken, has been given two months to cut its gold allocation to between one and three per cent because ...