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Sec lending to split from custody

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2010
... lending chain. "Historically, everything was bundled together - you'd have your custody, securities lending and cash reinvestment with one entity. "[But now] there's a trend of unbundling custody from securities lending and securities lending from cash ...

Future Fund offloads Telstra shares

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2009
... committed not to sell any additional Telstra shares for 180 days, other than through any opportunity under the Dividend Reinvestment Plan framework agreed with Telstra. The Telstra shares were transferred by the Government into the Future Fund in February ...

Black or white - just beat it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2009
... month. Yes, it's true that growth in personal incomes was boosted by one-time payments under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. But isn't this what the fiscal stimulus is designed to do? Personal spending rose by only 0.3 per cent in ...

Perpetual proposes caps on exec and board pay

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2009
Perpetual has taken extra steps to preserve its balance sheet and cut costs, including a dividend reinvestment plan announced this morning and a move towards lower bonus payments and caps on executive and board remuneration. The 'surprise' announcements ...

Nationalisation - that ugly word

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2009
... nigh. US President Barack Obama declared these words right after he signed the US$787 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) last week. His signature on the Act has barely dried when he again inked the presidential pen to unveil another ...

Moral hazard on Main Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2009
... Securities Loan Facility), and the recently signed FSP (Financial Stability Plan) - renamed ARRA (American Recovery and Reinvestment Act )were designed to prevent the obese lending institutions and greedy investment banks from dying due to over-indulgence ...

Challenger commits to annuities

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2009
... continue to focus our funds management operations around areas of competitive advantage," he said. Stevens said the full reinvestment of the Metlife acquisition and widening spreads helped Challenger's Life business to achieve a 34 per cent EBIT increase ...

If in doubt, stop securities lending: WW

MEDIA RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2008
... examined and clearly understood. "We recommend that funds first research collateral types and amounts as well as their reinvestment guidelines, particularly where cash collateral is taken. Then they should investigate counterparty restrictions and any ...

US pension funds review securities lending

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2008
... funds, public pension funds, endowments and foundations in the US regarding their securities lending practices and reinvestment programs. It found that that nearly one in two will review their policies to evaluate whether the returns from these programs ...

Trust MD resigns

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUL 2008
... alone philanthropic business. Since October 2000, Trust returned average annual Total Shareholder Returns (including reinvestment of dividends) of 20 per cent per year. "After 17 wonderful years at Trust I feel I need to try my hand at something new," ...