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Global pension fund assets hit A$30 trillion

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 8 FEB 2007
Global institutional pension fund assets in the 11 major markets have more than doubled over the past decade to reach A$30 trillion, according to Watson Wyatt's Global Pension Assets Study. Roger Urwin, global head of investment consulting at Watson ...

Polaris eyes the big banks

One of India's largest software companies, Polaris, is set to launch new IT products in Australia aimed at helping the major banks save up to 30 per cent on their software development and maintenance costs. "Australian banks were one of the early adopters ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 FEB 2007
... first half. The Australian stock market again closed in record territory yesterday, buoyed by a stellar performance from major miner BHP Billiton. At the close, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 29.3 points to a record 5899.8, while the all ordinaries ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 6 FEB 2007
... stability of the Japanese economy continues to surface with news that Nissan has reduced its earnings forecasts as did another major company in the Nippon Telegraph & Telephone. Japan's largest company Toyota has fallen in price recently as a consequence ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 FEB 2007
... digested the latest economic data and corporate earnings. A slew of fresh mergers and acquisitions should have lifted the major indices. But this was offset by Microsoft's drop of $US30.00, making it the biggest negative influence on the three major ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2007
... Futures Exchange, the March share price index contract lifted 34 points at 5,804, on a volume of 6,891 contracts. Mr Land said major miner Rio Tinto was down after its record annual profit because analysts had been expecting a bit more. Rio Tinto was ...

End for scheme scamming Greek community

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2007
An unregistered managed investment scheme has been ordered into liquidation and its directors banned from carrying on a similar business after they raised over $2.5 million from investors, predominantly from Melbourne's Greek community. The Supreme ...

PIS gets behind the wheel for racing sponsorship

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2007
... opportunity to increase our exposure, particularly given our commitment to increase PIS' international holdings," he said. "As the major sponsor PIS will have substantial amounts of signage at the start-finish line and we will be sponsoring promotion ...

Go green, go dim

Switch off your electricity and save the world was the message from over 60 major finance companies that signed up to an initiative to cut Sydney's greenhouse gas emissions. It sounds like a scene from a sci-fi movie but on 31 March the Sydney building ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JAN 2007
... offshore," Ms Spencer said. "But so far we're just in positive territory. Hopefully, we can maintain that. "Certainly, the major strength is coming from the resource stocks today but there's a bit of a mixed bag throughout the rest of the industrials ...