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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 26 SEP 2011
The Australian market looks set to open lower after Wall Street's Dow Jones finished just 35 points higher on Friday, but Asian markets closed the week lower. At 0711 AEST on Monday, the December share price index futures contract was down nine points ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2011
The Australian market looks set to open lower after Wall Street lost more than 3.5 per cent and European stocks also fell sharply overnight. At 0714 AEST on Friday, the December share price index futures contract was down 76 points at 3,890. In economic ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2011
The Australian share market is more than two per cent lower at noon amid global uncertainty following big falls on Wall Street after the US central bank downgraded its economic outlook. The big miners led the falls, with Rio Tinto shares shedding more ...

MLC head calls for truce after laying blame at industry funds door

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2011
MLC & NAB Wealth group executive Steve Tucker has called for a truce between industry and retail super funds and said the time has come to "compete on substance rather than rhetoric." While largely supportive of the Government's Stronger Super reforms ...

Perpetual: fixed income is back

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2011
Fixed income and credit markets are coming back in style while better portfolio diversification is needed for most investors, according to Perpetual Investments. Michael Korber, head of credit at Perpetual, told a media briefing yesterday that while ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2011
The Australian market looks set to open lower after Wall Street fell almost 2.5 per cent overnight. At 0654 AEST on Thursday, the December share price index futures contract was down 95 points at 3,990. In economics news, the Reserve Bank of Australia ...

Suncorp Life appoints new risk head

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2011
Sean Carroll has been formally appointed as executive general manager of Suncorp Life Risk Australia after five months acting in the role. Carroll is moving across from New Zealand where he was executive general manager (EGM) for Suncorp Life's operations ...

Boost for corporate sector as Stronger Super details emerge

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2011
The Government has released the final details of its Stronger Super reforms policy, which could reduce the fees paid by super fund members by up to 40% with the vast majority of balances being commission free by 2017. From October 1 2013, employers ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2011
Australian shares were slightly down at noon, extending losses in early trade, with cautious investors buying into typically defensive sectors ahead of a highly anticipated meeting of the US Federal Reserve. After opening less than half a per cent lower ...

QIC funds head departs amid restructure

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2011
QIC is to change the management structure of its funds management business, which will see the current head Hazel McNeilage depart the company by the end of the year. McNeilage's current position, head of funds management, will be dissolved with separate ...