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Perennial invests in oil equipment stocks

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2010
Perennial Investment Partners' international equities division has invested in oil and gas drilling equipment companies ahead of a predicted worldwide oil rig upgrade following the BP disaster. Clay Carter, head of international equities at Perennial ...

Let the reporting season begin

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUL 2010
So this is what the markets are like when news go away! Wall Street was a little bit up, so was Europe. Asian equities hopped a tad and Australian shares skipped a beat higher yesterday. Flat was the day in the life of equities markets across the globe ...

CFSGAM studies infrastructure ESG risk

PRESS RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUN 2010
Colonial First State Global Asset Management's (CFSGAM) direct infrastructure team has gone back to school to integrate responsible investment principles (PRI) into their process. The fund manager hired Environmental Resources Management (ERM) to develop ...

Turning Bear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUN 2010
Dear Abby, I have a confession to make...I think I'm losing my horns and my tail is growing shorter. My body is slowly being covered with fur, what used to be hooves are now claws and I am getting an unusual craving for honey. OMG! I think I'm turning ...

Equipsuper appoints two trustee directors

PRESS RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAY 2010
Equipsuper has appointed two trustee directors following an employer director election. Andrew Pickering, executive director at Infrastructure Capital Group and Greg Hade, executive general manager, finance and business services at Loy Yang Power Management ...

Govt unveils more super reforms

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 3 MAY 2010
The Rudd Government hopes to boost national retirement savings by raising the superannuation guarantee from 9 to 12 per cent - a move that drew a mixed response from the industry. The Government announced it would raise SG to 12 per cent from 2013 ...

Seek and thou shalt find

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 APR 2010
What's wrong with Wall Street this time? There must be something in the water when solid corporate earnings result still gets it down. According to Bloomberg, more than 80 per cent of companies in the S&P 500 that have already reported their first quarter ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 APR 2010
The Australian share market is likely to open slightly lower on Tuesday after Wall Street closed flat amid positive corporate reports but weaker financial stocks. At 0752 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index contract was 10 ...

Equipsuper to merge with Vision Super

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2010
Equipsuper and Vision Super have announced a proposal to merge - creating an $8.6 billion fund with more than 150,000 members. A joint press statement was released today regarding a proposal to merge on 1 July 2013. Based on today's figures, the merged ...

Accounting bodies launch SMSF learning tool

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAR 2010
CPA Australia has teamed up with the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia and the National Institute of Accountants to develop a free online training tool for SMSF trustees. The tool, Self Managed Superannuation Fund Trustee Education Program ...