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Northern Trust expands reporting tools

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2008
... Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). Thirdly, the firm has improved it reporting service to include disclosure on credit, interest rate and foreign currency risks for US-based state and local governments and organisations meeting the GASB 40 guidelines. ...

van Eyk reviews equity income

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2008
... Research house van Eyk has reviewed the Australian equity income sector for the first time following growing retiree interest in the strategy. The research firm stated equity income managers should seek to deliver, at a minimum, two per cent above the ...

Mercer zeroes in on ESG managers

Mercer has revamped its manager research process to evaluate the extent fund managers pro-actively integrate environmental, social and governance factors (ESG) into their mainstream investment process. The new research approach will give Australian ...

Buck stops with trustees

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2008
Even though trustees of retail and not-for-profit super funds are subject to the same laws, they have evolved different ways of executing their roles, said Senator Nick Sherry minister for superannuation and corporate law. The operational differences ...

Temp residents worse off from new super rules

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2008
... return they lodge after leaving the country. "That still doesn't mean the funds should sit with the ATO earning zero interest while the individual is still in the country." Lane said the worst aspect of the proposal included a clause whereby the temporary ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2008
... stagflation. The US central bank also released the minutes of its last policy meeting, which signaled it was unlikely to cut interest rates any time soon. The Dow Jones industrial average tumbled 227.49 points, or 1.77 per cent, to 12,601.19 and the ...

Avanteos offers defensive options

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2008
... individual client needs. Thomas said the options include a range of term deposits across a selection of time periods, interest rates and capital amounts. The addition of the term deposits on the Avanteos platform complements a range of negotiable certificates ...

AUI and Wingate form JV

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2008
... existing specialist joint ventures in Australian equities with Acorn Capital and Platypus Asset Management and fixed interest with Vianova Asset Management. "It is also consistent with our positioning of being a differentiated, high-performance fund ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2008
... points to 1,413.40 and the Nasdaq Composite Index jettisoned 23.83 points to 2,492.26. "Oil prices are going to be the new interest rates," Mr Klusman said. "Stocks around the world are going to be hurt over the next six months because of the oil price ...

The fight over how to fight inflation

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2008
... Australian Business Economists in Sydney, takes the fight up to people arguing that our current targets are too low, that interest rates are a blunt instrument, and that instead we should be compensating people for inflation rather than seeking to conquer ...