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Weekly switching for BOC Super

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 26 AUG 2008
Corporate super fund BOC Super joins the growing list of super funds that are vastly improving their administration, with a new system that updates 'investment option' changes from monthly to weekly. In the past, BOC Super implements switches between ...

Bad news galore

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 AUG 2008
A fresh wave of negative news on the credit market, growth worries and a decline in commodity prices overnight will put downward pressure on today's trading in the Australian stockmarket. Renewed concern over the financial sector and the outlook for ...

ASIC restructures staff line-up

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 25 AUG 2008
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) is investing significant man power in its financial economy and investigation and prosecution departments as the regulator undergoes a radical restructure of its staff line up. ASIC's strategic ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 25 AUG 2008
The Australian stock market was two per cent higher at noon on gains from the financial sector following a strong lead from Wall Street on Friday night. At 1200 AEST the benchmark S&P/ASX200 was 100 points, or 2.03 per cent higher at 5031.4, while the ...

Liquidity jitters raise income yield

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2008
The running yield across Putnam's income funds has trebled from less than 1 per cent above cash to more than 3 per cent above cash and, according to the fund manager, the fixed income market is throwing up opportunities it hasn't seen in 20 years. "Many ...

Advisers snub commission-free ETFs

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 21 AUG 2008
A key reason financial advisers choose managed funds over exchange traded funds (ETFs) is because ETFs fail to provide enough financial incentives, according to CommSec. In its latest newsletter for investors, CommSec said the Australian ETF market ...

Perpetual posts $133m profit

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 21 AUG 2008
Perpetual's end of the financial year results came at the lower end of estimates, with the firm's operating profit after tax falling eight per cent on the prior year to $133.5 million. Total operating revenues rose six per cent to $496 million thanks ...

Lower, higher, steady

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 AUG 2008
The latest reading from the Westpac/Melbourne Institute leading index points to a slowdown in the Australian economy in the coming months, confirming the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) comments in the minutes of its 5 August Board meeting. The annual ...

IRESS buys boost profits

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2008
IRESS' buying spree earlier this year has fattened the profits of the company's wealth management business by 7.2 per cent. IRESS wealth management arms in Australia and New Zealand reported a healthy first half with revenue increasing by 7.2 per cent ...

Credit investors put bond issuers on notice

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2008
The general manager finance and tax at Wesfarmers, Luigi Mottolini, spent a good part of May and June leading a roadshow to meet with local credit investors. The aim of the meetings was to repair relations with bond portfolio managers and analysts who ...