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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 ...

Former UBS GAM exec joins Equipsuper

PRESS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAR 2010
Equipsuper has appointed former UBS Global Asset Management (Australia) deputy head of Australia and head of risk, Danielle Press, as chief executive. Press worked at UBS across a number of roles in Chicago, Geneva and Singapore. Prior to working at ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2010
The Australian market is expected to open higher, on positive leads from overseas securities and commodities trading. At 0720 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price index contract was 18 points higher at 4,872 points. In economic ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAR 2010
The Australian market has received positive leads from overseas, with securities spiking higher on Wall Street after the Federal Reserve kept interest rates on hold and signalled they would stay down for some time yet. Commodities were higher, too. ...

Positive contagion

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2010
Running of the bulls. Peppered with undeniably wonderful set of numbers, Wall Street couldn't have it any other way overnight. The Dow closed 1.2 per cent higher - the biggest daily advance in about a month - the S&P 500 surged 1.4 per cent and the ...