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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2009
... index contract was one point higher at 4,674. In economic news on Tuesday, the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Research Economics releases its December quarter crop report. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) releases its balance of payments ...

Boardrooms lack female directors: research

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2009
... rules, including a policy to factor gender diversity in director recruitment guidelines. The renewed campaign follows WOB research that reveals how poorly represented women still are on executive boards. According to the inaugural research from the Boardroom ...

Super could post double-digit returns in 2010: research

Super funds could post double-digit returns next year after Rainmaker research found default investment options had recovered by three percentage points per month since Christmas last year. Rainmaker SelectingSuper research found superannuation default ...

Inflation-linked bonds armour against rising risk

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2009
... to hedge clients' portfolios against inflation spikes on the horizon should look towards inflation-linked bonds. QIC research has revealed that an inflation spike could be on the horizon, with QIC advising investors, particularly superannuation funds ...

State Super invests $270m in Epoch fund

COMNPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2009
... investment philosophy focuses on free cash flow as the primary gauge of a company's financial health," said Sappenfield. "Our research process seeks to identify companies with strong management committed to deploying cash flow for the benefit of shareholders." ...

UK variable annuity sales dive

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2009
... significantly during the third quarter of 2009 as sales fell from more than $610 million to over $250 million. The Watson Wyatt research found variable annuity sales between the second and third quarter fell due to tough economic conditions for businesses ...

SMSFs turn to advisers

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2009
... more trustees are implementing the advice they receive. The RaboPlus SMSF annual survey, which was conducted by Celsius Research and involves more than 500 SMSF trustees, found 44 per cent of trustees had consulted a financial adviser in the past 12 ...

Trustees snub Asian equities

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2009
Trustees of the country's largest super funds are yet to buy the Asia Growth story, with new research suggesting their asset allocation to the region will be around 2.8 per cent of their total allocation, a tiny increase from the current 2.5 per cent ...

Advisers prepare for spike in insurance sales

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2009
... primary risk provider expect their level of business with these firms to increase by more than 20 per cent next year, new research shows. CoreData research also indicates one in five writers to Asteron, Aviva, MLC and Tower expect to boost their business ...

Governments could cause next GFC

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2009
... overspending take their toll, warns an expert. Martin Barnes, an investment veteran and managing editor of Bank Credit Analyst Research, told an IMCA conference audience that "we are sowing the seeds of the next crisis" while the markets are still recovering ...