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G-20 reasons to be hopeful

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2009
... economic systems would vapourised was becoming real, the weekend's meeting was more of patting each other's backs. While the GFC was wreaking havoc to everything in its path during the previous two meetings, it appears that the storm has now passed. ...

How to survive the next market outlier

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2009
After the GFC challenged the prevailing wisdom on how low markets can go, AXA's chief investment officer Mark Dutton tells investors how to protect their savings from another market armaggedon. When it comes to investing, Dutton said there are two golden ...

Stop illegal early release of super: ASIC

ASIC RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2009
... on illegal early release on super - and is appealing to trustees to help plug increasing cases spurred by losses from the GFC. ASIC is concerned that the current market conditions are contributing to an increase in the number of people attempting to ...

Trust in escrow

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2009
Local instos are busily combing the market for bargain investments following the GFC - but with the threat of counterparty risk looming larger today than in any other point of the current economic cycle, many are snubbing standard contracts in favour ...

ISN unveils new industry fund campaign

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2009
... 'Compare the Pair' campaign and the recent Bernie Fraser Reassurance campaign, which sought to reassure members during the GFC. A media statement from ISN noted that the campaign focuses on the key message that industry super funds are run only to benefit ...

Bigger doesn't always mean better

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2009
Having a large portfolio with hundreds of companies doesn't always generate the best diversification as the GFC has proven - sparking a time to revisit concentrated portfolio strategies to reap better returns, said Aberdeen Asset Management. For Andrew ...

Capital protection should be core to satellite

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2009
... rewarded when the unthinkable happened to the markets in 2007 and 2008. For example, those who did invest just before the GFC can rest easy knowing they still have their capital (assuming they hold on to the product until maturity date). That's why Rumble ...

Lucky, lucky, lucky

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2009
... be watering more when our own second quarter economic scorecard is released next week. Remember back in the days when the GFC was scaring the living daylights out of Australians all? Back then the country's Treasury "extrapolated" the first quarter's ...

CommBank Officers Super shuts property option

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2009
... balances transferred to the cash option by 8 October. While the closure of the option stems from liquidity issues caused by the GFC, OSF's decision coincides with a recent report from the Australian Direct Property Investment Association that investors ...

Almost Per-fecta

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2009
... President Clinton's budget surplus "as far as the eye can see?" It just took one Bush to turn it into a "what surplus?" And the GFC to shovel it further down. By the same token, a lot could happen in ten years. When - not it -- last night's tri-fecta ...