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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2008
... futures contract slipped 87 points to 4,850, on a volume of 13,470 contracts. Macquarie Private Wealth divisional director Martin Lakos said financial companies led the market down. "There's weakness coming across the market, mostly in financials once ...

Women dropping out of financial services

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2008
... Australians in the financial services industry grew from nine per cent in 1997 to 10 per cent today. Finsia chief executive Martin Fahy said that figure underlined the fact that the Australian economy was making a slow transition to high value-added ...

Iron Ore price jumps 85 pct

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2008
... price increase over the past year is adjusted for the collapse in the US dollar. Meanwhile, Australia's energy minister Martin Ferguson was yesterday lambasted by the Federal Opposition for not pressuring OPEC at the Jeddah oil summit to lift production ...

Telstra's McCredden joins UniSuper

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2008
... executives, and will continue to do so until McCredden starts his new role. Meanwhile Telstra Super chief financial officer Martin Crowe will replace McCredden as chief executive at the corporate super fund. McCredden will officially join on 21 July ...

FinLit teachers package released

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2008
... using the package though he added that parents also need to play a major role in educating their children about finance. Martin Fahy, chief executive of Finsia, warned however that financial literacy programs should not be relied upon as a cure-all for ...

State Super awards $39m property mandate

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2008
... $39.2 million global direct property mandate in line with the super fund's strategy to invest in more overseas assets. Martin Drew, State Super chief investment officer, said the mandate is not a typical direct property investment. "Rather than being ...

PRINT and JUST to form Media Super

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2008
... will come under the new umbrella. Gerard Noonan, current Chair of JUST SUPER, will become Chair of Media Super, and Ross Martin, current Chief Executive of PRINT SUPER, will become Chief Executive. "Both PRINT SUPER and JUST SUPER have been closely involved ...

Banks enjoy mortgage windfall, sort of

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2008
... the long term and that it will continue to introduce new products and features. ABN Amro's director of reverse mortgages, Martin Lynch, said reverse mortgages have established their place in the retiree finance market and demand will continue to grow. ...

SMSF trustees wise up

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2008
... assets, not appointing all fund members ass trustees or directors and not declaring investments in the name of trustees. Martin Murden, Partners Superannuation Services director, said the research indicated SMSF trustees were making more of an effort ...

EQT signs RE deal with Martin Currie

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2008
Equity Trustees (EQT) has signed an agreement with Martin Currie Investment Management to act as the responsible entity for the firm's global alpha fund. Based in Scotland, Martin Currie Investment Management (Martin Currie) manages roughly $30 billion ...