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Perpetual mortgage funds reopen

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2008
... executive income and multi-sector, Richard Brandweiner, said the company was reopening applications to the funds at the request of a number of clients. "Current market conditions are particularly favourable for mortgage funds, which tend to outperform ...

ASIC adjusts redemption rules to help pensioners

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2008
... withdrawals namely that the amount would be the lesser of: the specific amount requested under the hardship withdrawal request or $20,000 per member plus 50 per cent of the balance of the member's investment in the scheme. For example, if a member has ...

Banks to benefit from new FI interface

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2008
... DEBTS is a desktop application that institutional investors can use to view live indicative prices and simultaneously request competitive two-way markets from 10 major price makers in over 700 Australian and New Zealand debt securities. The group's dealer-to-dealer ...

Yen caught in crossfire

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2008
... Friday. The yen's appreciation has been so sharp in recent days that it prompted Japanese Finance Minister Shoichi to request the G7 to intervene if necessary. The G7 issued a statement saying that, 'We are concerned about the recent excessive volatility ...

I'll have what she's having

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2008
'When government accepts responsibility for people, then people no longer take responsibility for themselves.' ~George Pataki It is looking like the 'plucked from the air' amount of US$700 billion for the US Troubled Assets Relief Program (TARP) would ...

Challenger squeezes redemptions

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2008
Challenger has tightened the redemption policies of its Challenger Howard Mortgage Fund and other mortgage products following significant increases in fund outflows. Challenger's investors have been retrieving their investments following the Federal ...

DB back in vogue: Equipsuper

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 7 OCT 2008
Volatile markets and negative returns have turned investors off accumulation schemes towards defined benefits, said Equipsuper. The $4.2 billion Equipsuper's chief executive Robin Burns said defined benefits account for around 40 per cent of the fund's ...

S&P reinstates ratings for 18 funds

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2008
... whether or not they are able to execute their mandates despite ASIC's shorting blackout. "S&P continues to monitor and request information from its rated managers across all of its peer groups. Ongoing liquidity in markets and the level of redemptions ...

Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 SEP 2008
... to the US Treasury for purchase of problem assets. This amount could be increased to US$350 billion at the President's request. A limit of US$700 billion is set for all purchases and allows Congress to veto purchases above the limit. US taxpayers are ...

Managers hit back on shorting ban

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2008
Perpetual, Platinum and K2 have responded to ASIC's recent ban on short selling - arguing that the move will hurt the futures market and cast undeserved doubts on the legitimacy of shorting as a valid investment strategy. Perpetual Investment general ...