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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAR 2010
... per cent, to $5.01 after major shareholder New Hope Corporation Ltd said it would vote its 16.7 per cent stake in the company in favour of the $4.70 per share takeover bid for that company by Royal Dutch Shell and PetroChina. "New Hope has capitulated ...

Pillar chooses decimal

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAR 2010
Superannuation fund administrator Pillar Administration has contracted decimal to supply a single-issue advice software solution to service its super fund clients and members. When implemented, Pillar's clients will be able to access single issue advice ...

Ready, steady, communicate

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAR 2010
Members don't care about super until close to retirement - myth or fact? According to ESI Super, it is a myth as increasingly financially literate members look to their super funds as "partners" before, during, and after retirement. The $2.8 billion ...

Credit Suisse wins Mercer mandate

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAR 2010
Credit Suisse has won an insurance-linked strategies mandate for $100 million from the Mercer multi-manager funds. Credit Suisse head of insurance linked strategies, Niklaus Hilti, said the firm had formed this partnership with Mercer's multi-manager ...

Fundie backs strategy with own nest egg

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 22 MAR 2010
... which investors might declare too risky based on leverage. For example, one of the fund's top holding is a global beer company with higher-than-average debt. "People are throwing the baby out of the bathwater. There are some companies that can carry ...

BNP Asia Pac transition complete

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 22 MAR 2010
... 250 portfolios, over 15,000 securities and almost $30 billion in assets have been successfully migrated. Speaking of his company's experience, Peter Sipek, head of operations, AMP Capital Investors Limited said, "AMP Capital undertook due diligence on ...

Select looks to sign on six dealer groups

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 22 MAR 2010
... Melbourne-based independent group Finovia in May last year. "We are four weeks away from a mandate we're working on with a listed company," said Fairweather. "Our aspiration over five years is to only work between six and 10 groups - we're not a mass ...

Instos lobby for Main Street

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 22 MAR 2010
... corporate governance provisions were key. "Do have confidence in long-term shareholders to act like the owners of the company - to improve boards, and performance." "Don't be fearful that the legislation will lead to an SEC proxy access proposal that ...

Solaris adds to team

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 22 MAR 2010
Solaris Investment Management adds another member to its dealing team after promoting two senior executives. Michael Bell, currently the fund's head of dealing and High Alpha Product Specialist, will take on an analyst/portfolio manager role starting ...

AXA APH extends deal with NAB

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 22 MAR 2010
... proposal to buy 100 per cent of AXA APH including AXA APH's Australian and New Zealand business and offload the French company's Asian businesses to AXA SA. According to a statement from AXA, the discussions between AXA APH, NAB and AXA SA are at an ...