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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2011
... data. Mr Waterer said any positive data released this week, locally or abroad, should see expectations of forthcoming interest rate cuts start to diminish slightly, another positive for the Australian dollar. Meanwhile, the Australian bond market was ...

US housing market needs renovation

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2011
... prices decimate loan-valuation ratios which triggers defaults but wannabe vendors can't sell in a falling market. Low interest rates don't help much either. According to RP Data, most US home owners are on 30-year fixed rate mortgages and so don't feel ...

IFM hits back at claims it plays politics with super fund money

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2011
... Company Directors both called for industry superannuation funds to look at their board structures to avoid conflicts of interest. Mark Rantall, chief executive of the Financial Planning Association, today called for default superannuation funds to be ...

Super funds prefer employers via clearing houses

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2011
... their system. Collister said it didn't matter if TelstraSuper told large employers what format they wanted. "They have no interest in fitting in with us," he said. "It's their last order of interest." For medium-sized and small employers, the super fund ...

ASX new CEO remains on Tabcorp board

RACHEL DAVIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2011
ASX Limited has appointed Elmer Funke Kupper as its new managing director and chief executive but has permitted its new CEO to remain on the board of his previous employer, Tabcorp. Funke Kupper was appointed non-executive director of Tabcorp during ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2011
... Speizer said the market will be looking to see if Mr Stevens will hose down market speculation that there might be an interest rate cut this year.

IOOF profits soar despite difficult times

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2011
... and distribution. Of the $76 billion in funds under management and advice, 45% was in Australian equities, 39% in fixed interest, 9% in international equities and 6% in property. IOOF manages $19.4 billion in retail superannuation funds, the presentation ...

Treasury Group "transformational" year

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2011
... in diversifying our investor base offshore, up to 10%, but we still have room to grow in terms of attracting investor interest offshore," said McGill. Treasury Group investors are predominately domestic institutional, with 90% domestic and 79% institutional ...

US S&P president replaced

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 AUG 2011
Devon Sharma, president of Standard & Poor's since 2007, has been replaced in the role by chief operating officer of Citibank, Douglas Peterson, three weeks after Standard & Poor's historic weekend downgrade of US sovereign credit. The McGraw-Hill Companies ...

nabInvest secures US firm stake

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 AUG 2011
... nabInvest chief executive. While the details of the deal are confidential, it is known nabInvest bought a non-controlling interest in the firm. "We are confident that the high-quality and experienced Peridiem team, who each on average have over 14 years ...