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Loaded one-way bet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2009
Final inning. Yes folks, this is the month's last inning. Will the end days of July mark the seventh moon of 2009 as the return of the bulls? Or will it mark when the bears built up the courage to mount a comeback? Normally I would have said, it doesn't ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2009
The Australian share market was higher at noon after strong leads from the US. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 was up 46 points or 1.13 per cent at 4110.1, while the broader All Ordinaries gained 46.1 points, or 1.13 per cent, to 4118.7 points. ...

Signs of a residential property recovery

JOHN KAVANAGH  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2009
Several indicators published over the past few weeks point to a strong upward trend in residential property prices and a revival of investor interest in the sector. The RP Data-Rismark index shows that for the year to May, the average value of a house ...

ME Bank searches for CEO

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2009
Members Equity Bank has begun its hunt for a new chief executive, following an announcement in May that the board of Industry Super Holdings was splitting its top job among two CEOs. As a result of these changes Anthony Wamsteker - the previous group ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2009
The Australian sharemarket has received solid leads from overseas after US stocks surged and oil prices gained overnight. Gold and silver prices also were higher, while copper closed slightly weaker. At 0749 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the ...

HESTA ready for advice boom

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2009
The $12 billion HESTA Super fund is ready to roll out intra-fund advice to its members following the Government's new legislative changes - a result achieved through its existing financial advice infrastructure. HESTA has had its advice program in place ...

Media Super hires ING as insurer

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2009
Media Super has appointed ING Life as its new insurer for death and total and permanent disability insurance cover, and its income protection cover. The appointment follows a six-month intensive tender process. Media Super, an industry super fund with ...

Aviva insurance in super business jumps 12pc

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2009
Aviva's new lump sum protection policy business has risen by almost 12 per cent over two years to almost 15 per cent - reflecting a growing trend for customers to get insurance through super. Lump sum protection policy new business has grown from around ...

Yellow Brick Road drops acquisition strategy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2009
Yellow Brick Road, the financial planning business developed by Wizard Home Loans founder Mark Bouris, has dumped its acquisition strategy for an organic growth branch model - with the aim to open 150 practices in three years. Bouris said the business' ...

Avoid financial speculation: Pontiff

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2009
Pope Benedict XVI has put his weight behind fundamental long term investing and warned against speculative short-term investment in synthetic assets. In his latest encyclical " Caritas in Veritate ", Pope Benedict warned that "what should be avoided ...