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BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 APR 2010
... mature next month. This means Greece would need to have access to the EU/IMF rescue fund now -- reportedly at a discounted interest rate of 5 per cent. The alternative is to go begging in the financial markets and pay almost double this rate. Greek Prime ...

Kinetic wins CBUS mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 22 APR 2010
... mandate from an Australian institutional investor, but the investment has not been funded as yet. "There's certainly more interest in the small cap sector at a wholesale level particularly now," he said. "We're expecting to win more mandates for the ...

Perennial eyes US recovery for next returns

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 20 APR 2010
... become a bit stronger over time on the back of a growing economy. It will inevitably turn back up again and that means interest rates will rise in the US, hence support the US dollar," he said. "One of the things we've been doing in the past six months ...

Planner fees for super advice cost $1.3bn

ISN PRESS RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 19 APR 2010
... commissions with ongoing percentage-based fees would do nothing to reduce the fees paid by consumers or address conflicts of interest. He argued that models proposed by retail funds (where fund members opt out of paying for financial advice) are designed ...

Govt response to exec remuneration falls short: Regnan

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 19 APR 2010
... are designed to improve Australia's remuneration structure by encouraging shareholder engagement, tackling conflicts of interest and improving overall disclosure, said the government's statement. Overall, the report has received support. Ann Byrne, chief ...

Amundi fixed interest team walks

S&P RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 19 APR 2010
Amundi Asset Management's global diversified fixed interest fund has been placed 'on hold' after the fund manager's London chief executive and chief investment officer left the firm. Bruno Crastes, chief executive and chief investment officer of the ...

Goldman Sachs accused of fraud

SEC RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 19 APR 2010
... swaps (CDS) with Goldman to buy protection on specific layers of the ABACUS capital structure. Given that financial short interest, Paulson had an economic incentive to select RMBS that it expected to experience credit events in the near future. Goldman ...

Fairview joins Alpha managers

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 19 APR 2010
... large market capitalisation Australian shares, small to mid market capitalisation Australian shares, global shares, fixed interest securities, and property securities. Alpha Fund Managers is a wholly owned subsidiary of Infocus Wealth Management. Fairview ...

BT/Advance multi-manager makes stronger global push

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 16 APR 2010
... Advance has also made some changes to the underlying investment managers within the Australian equities, property and fixed interest sectors. Its Australian equities managers are Alleron, Ausbil, BTIM, Northcape, Schroders and the Advance Small Caps ...

Grass is greener in China

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 APR 2010
... many, many times before, no amount of pressure would make Beijing kowtow to America's demands. Not if it's not in China's interest. Former European Commission President Romano Prodi made an excellent observation last month when he said that, "The higher ...