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Daily Economic Update

Consistent with the improving trend in job advertisements reported by the ANZ last Monday, Australian employment rose in November following two consecutive months of decline. The Australian Bureau of Statistics reported that employment rose by 28,000 ...

Plastic debt to reach $48 billion

Consumer borrowing through credit card is predicted to reach just under $48 billion by 2009 prompting calls for tighter government regulation to curb potentially unsustainable borrowing. The inaugural research on credit card debt conducted by market ...

Optimix satellite branches into India and abroad

Optimix have announced the start of what they say will be an Indian "global satellite" of their multi-manager model. Chief Investment Officer, Mugunthan Siva, said the Optimix India team, comprising of three peope, have been on the ground there for ...

SMF Spectrum swallows ML Super

SMF Spectrum is continuing their expansion by swallowing Merrill Lynch's super and pension fund (MLSF). While the acquisition boosts Spectrum by only 5,000 members it adds a further $212 million to SMF Spectrum and takes it to $1.9 billion. But the ...

Former ASFA chair back in the spotlight

The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has announced a new chair at their annual conference last week. Rosemary Vilgan will replace outgoing chair Lorraine Berends, who is the principal of Marvin & Palmer Associates. Vilgan is the ...

Stop speculating and get back to capitalism: Bogle

The superannuation industry should stop speculating for short term gains and start re-building the "truth" principles of capitalism, if we are to avoid the mistakes of corporate America. The message comes from John Bogle, founder and ex-chairman of ...

CommInsure joins life insurance innovators

CommInsure is another insurer that has responded to market pressure to innovate with its launch of a hybrid insurance annuity product that blends traditional annuities with market linking. CommInsure Managing Director, Simon Swanson, describes the product ...

Hurricanes hit US equity funds, Latin American funds back in favour

A global fund research report reveals that investors are taking their money out of the US funds and swapping into Latin American, European and Japanese funds. According to the latest weekly funds flow data from Emerging Portfolio Fund Research (EPFR) ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2005
The Australian share market is likely to open slightly weaker, although there is the potential for the resources sector to drive the local bourse into the black today. A weak lead from US markets across the board sets a negative tone for the Australian ...

Westpac Staff Super changes its SRI policy on uranium

Westpac Staff Super has dropped its Socially Responsible Investment (SRI) policy ban on uranium mining stocks, to exclude only those companies who mine it 'directly' for weapons manufacture. The change to the company's SRI policy, in place since August ...