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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2012
... Tuesday with the Dow zooming past the 13,000 mark driven by soaring bank shares, sparked by JPMorgan Chase's announcement of a huge share buyback and dividend hike. After a sharp surge higher in the final hour the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2012
... led by a 1.2 per cent gain in the Nasdaq, buoyed by reports that Greece had achieved the minimum support needed to push its huge private-debt writeoff through. The Dow Jones Industrial Average finished up 70.61 points (0.55 per cent) at 12,907.94. The ...

UN Responsible Investment head joins Emerald launch

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAR 2012
... (PRI), will come to Sydney for the launch on March 21. "The potential for Responsible Investment within the retail space is huge and untapped, to understand that ESG [Environmental, Social and Governance] issues can be material factors and fund managers ...

Attitude overhaul needed: Perpetual

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2012
... patience. "They are saying to advisers I don't care anymore, I want my money back." That trend is manifesting itself in the huge push to term deposits but Brandweiner said it is up to the entire wealth management industry, both the superannuation side ...

Super contributions break through $1 trillion

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAR 2012
... adjusted by inflation through that time. But despite the competition war that has erupted throughout superannuation and the huge efforts the superannuation industry has put into encouraging extra contributions, the surprise is that the reliance on employer ...

Social media an important tool for advisers

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 FEB 2012
... Australia, who spoke to advisers at a recent Zurich event in Sydney. "Today's ever evolving social media landscape presents huge opportunities to connect with more people, with the ultimate goal to increase business revenues," said Young. "Social media ...

Austerity's political pay-off

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 FEB 2012
... being as productive as the core of Europe - none of those issues have been resolved," Custard said. "What they did is threw a huge amount of monetary and fiscal stimulus at the problem in 2008 to deal with the crisis but now we don't have any more fiscal ...

AustralianSuper talks scale, further growth

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2012
... isn't a number that fits. "AustralianSuper has $43 billion and just under 3% of the Australian super market, but we are not huge." Curtis said he recently spoke with the chief operating officer of US pension fund CalPERS who said that she didn't expect ...

AVCAL appoints new chair

RACHEL DAVIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2012
... industry." "I'd like to express my deep gratitude and appreciation to the out-going Chair Andrew Rothery, who has made a huge contribution to the private equity industry over his time as Chair. Andrew's skills and commitment have been invaluable in guiding ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2012
... achieve $US4 trillion in deficit reduction over the next decade but does little to restrain growth in the US government's huge health benefit programs, a major cause of future deficits. WASHINGTON - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned Israel ...