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MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2013
In the latest edition of Financial Standard, we publish our feature report on Australian equities and what fund managers got right - and wrong - since the GFC. The past two weeks also saw a raft of executive appointment changes, product launches and ...

Debt free and dividend rich: Fiducian

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2013
Listed financial services provider Fiducian Portfolio Services has posted consolidated profit after tax for the half-year to December of $1.69 million, in a period that saw the company wrap up its two-year long system upgrade and acquisitions. This ...

Morningstar Australia announces 2013 award winners

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2013
Morningstar today announced the winners of its annual Australian Morningstar Awards 2013, with Perpetual Investments, Perennial Partners and Hyperion among the top recipients. Perpetual Investments scooped the main gong as the Morningstar Australian ...

Latest Financial Standard issue available on the iPad app

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2013
In the new edition of Financial Standard, we publish our coverage of the annual SPAA SMSF conference, feature opinion pieces from fund managers Tyndall and Threadneedle, and the latest industry news, views and executive appointments. You can read them ...

EU-wide ban on CDS pointless

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2013
Academic research from Imperial College found that Credit Default Swap (CDS) spreads are a poor proxy for sovereign default risk, suggesting that the EU-wide ban on naked CDS positions is unlikely to achieve its aims. Lara Cathcart, senior lecturer ...

Credit unions mount 'social' battle against banks

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 19 FEB 2013
The association representing credit unions and building societies is jumping on the election year to launch a new campaign designed to give bank customers a fairer deal. With the election only seven months away, industry body Abacus Australian Mutuals ...

CalPERS cry foul play, backs lawsuit

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 19 FEB 2013
The largest public pension fund in the US, CalPERS, has expressed its support for the US government's civil lawsuit against credit rating agency Standard & Poor's Rating Services. Early this month, the US Department of Justice sued the agency for fraud ...

Super funds push for better hedge fund governance

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2011
Four major super funds have joined forces to create a set of principles on how hedge fund managers should operate and manage risk - a move designed to improve investor confidence and stimulate more mandates into the asset class. ARIA, Local Government ...

Brand fit for a boardroom

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2011
Non-profit association Women in Banking and Finance (WiBF) is holding a series of workshops designed to help female industry professionals fast track their careers - by building themselves into their own brands. Starting next month, WiBF will hold the ...

Fin services lend weight to East Timor education

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2011
A new foundation set up by a financial planning firm has given a group of young East Timorese a new lease of life by giving them access to what many in the western world take for granted: education. Last Saturday, more than 20 financial services providers ...