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CalPERS reviews US$50m fees to placement agent

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2009
... resulted in a "special review" to be conducted by Steptoe & Johnson LLP and other independent advisers. According to media reports in the US, Villalobos has denied any wrongdoing and will be cooperating with CalPERS. The fund's decision to investigate ...

Ban flipping arrangements: ISN

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2009
... fees and commissions, and a decrease in insurance benefits for members, along with higher cost premiums. ISN cited media reports noting 100,000 Australians have been 'flipped' without 'their express consent' in the last year. "Where they are receiving ...

LPTs recover and show value

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2009
... but they choose not to." In order to make the right calls, Christopher said financial planners must look analyse media reports, market announcements and company balance sheets to understand whether a trust is being unfairly discounted. "If there isn't ...

More mortgage brokers to sell insurance

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2009
... execute within a given timeframe, in order to retain their accreditations to sell certain products, according to media reports. Meanwhile Russell said the new partnership with Lifebroker would not dilute the firm's mortgage broking core - but acknowledged ...

AFA renews call to restrict 'financial adviser' term

PRESS RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2009
... Advisers (AFA) is again calling for Treasury to restrict the term 'financial adviser' amid a barrage of negative media reports on the planning industry. Richard Klipin, chief executive of the AFA, said the term 'financial adviser' needs to be restricted ...

May sell or May stay

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2009
There is no doubt that today's media reports would - in one form or another - contain references to that old Wall Street adage, 'sell in May then go away'. Every time the fifth moon of the year is upon us, theories, studies and reports proving or disproving ...

Doors open for new ETFs

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2009
... sector's dynamic and lower the barrier to new entrants. The company has released a brief statement overnight confirming media reports that it is scouting the market for buyers of iShares. London-based newspapers and the Wall Street Journal reported that ...

AMP Banking taps Cuscal ATM network

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2009
... card services to super funds. Phil Hurley, general manager (customers) at Cuscal, said that contrary to initial media reports that consumers could be worse off, with suggestions some ATMs could charge as high as $10, is misleading. He said the government ...

Fortis bank $19.5bn bail-out 'stabilises' FIA

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 29 SEP 2008
... US banking counterparts such as Lehman Brothers. Belgium's Prime Minister Yves Leterme also said in international media reports that the savings of the bank's deposit holders - with Belgians making up half of Fortis' five million retail clients - will ...

ASIC tightens short-selling rules

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2008
... Germany, Switzerland, Ireland and Canada have either tightened their rules or are about to do so. But contrary to other media reports, the temporary ban doesn't mean that institutional and retail investors have to unwind their existing shorting positions. ...