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Avoid high yield traps: State Street

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 16 AUG 2010
... significant price declines rather than increases in dividends paid. "Dividends can provide an important insight into a company's health, its cash flow generating capability and its performance and growth prospects. When companies have falling earnings ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 AUG 2010
... earnings season continues apace. Annual results are due from Leighton Holdings Ltd, Lend Lease Group, Centennial Coal Company Ltd, BlueScope Steel Ltd, and Newcrest Mining Ltd. Atlas Iron Ltd and Sundance Resources Ltd hold general meetings, the latter ...

CommInsure and Zurich win insurance awards

MEDIA RELEASES  |  FRIDAY, 13 AUG 2010
CommInsure has won 'Life Insurance Company of the Year' award while Zurich Financial Services Australia won the 'Treasurer's Award for Good Governance and Practice' at the 2010 Australia and New Zealand Insurance Industry Awards. The awards, in its ...

Goldman Sachs retains 'highly recommended" rating

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 13 AUG 2010
... update. By contrast, Zenith Investment Partners have stated that they view this move as complimentary to the previous company structure and will maintain its 'Highly Recommended' rating on the Goldman Sachs Core Plus Australia Fixed Income Fund. 13/08/2010 ...

AMP Cap Equity Fund analyst departs, prompts 'sell'

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 13 AUG 2010
... from the fund manager earlier this week. A spokesperson for the fund manager noted that Fitzgerald, who had been with the company for over 10 years, intends to leave the fund management industry. Fitzgerald will continue his duties with the fund manager ...

Govt is longevity insurer of last resort

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 13 AUG 2010
... dilemma, and more has to be done from a tax policy perspective. Pauline Blight-Johnston, managing director, RGA Reinsurance Company of Australia, agrees with Stout's views on retirement security. "I think...the biggest debt we have in our industry, in ...

Great Southern legal battle continues

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 12 AUG 2010
... vineyards resulting in over 25,000 investors from 2005 to 2009. However, short-term cash issues arose quickly with the company recording under $700 million debt shortly thereafter. Further adding pressure are industry rival Timbercorp previous collapse ...

Wealth mgmt earnings boost CBA results

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 12 AUG 2010
... million, an increase of 15 per cent on the previous year, representing about 11 per cent of the group's overall earnings. The company attributed solid growth in underlying volumes and improved investment markets as the main factors behind the rise in ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 AUG 2010
... then in Europe and the US. Investors got more bad news after trading ended in the US Cisco Systems Inc's revenue in the company's latest quarter fell short of analysts' expectations. When markets settled, the Dow had dropped 265.42, or 2.5 per cent ...

Mercer global CIO joins AXA IM

COMPANY ANNOUNCEMENT  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 AUG 2010
AXA Investment Managers has appointed Mercer global chief investment officer, Tim Gardener, as global head of consultant relations. Reporting to Jon Bailie, global head of distribution and member of the AXA IM Management Board, Gardener will be responsible ...