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ETF provider soothes market over risk issues

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2011
... not risky in the wake of warnings from global authorities about transparency and leverage issues. The Financial Stability Board, an international watch-dog, warned on April 12 that super funds and retail investors stood to lose billions in the US$1.4 ...

LICs versus ETFs

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 9 SEP 2010
... underlying assets, meaning there is a chance that they will trade at a discount or premium. This is an issue for many financial planners post-GFC who are looking for more stability with their investments. According to Russell Investments, currently around ...

Asian M&A deals to surge

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 AUG 2010
... potential solidarity arising out of the Europe's sovereign debt crisis and the predicted rising stability in the Asian financial market. Yet despite this, it seems that many companies are still hesitant when it comes to taking advantage of the business ...

Top 30

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2009
... is out! Worry no more about Dubai. There are bigger fish to fry. The Financial Times reports that the Financial Stability Board (FSB) - the regulator advocated by US Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner last June to pre-empt and prevent the spread of systemic ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2009
... higher at 21,821.5. WELLINGTON - Telecom shares lifted from seven-month lows as investors put aside worries about the financial health of Dubai World. The benchmark NZSX-50 index closed up 31.09 points, or 1.01 per cent, at 3,125.52, after initially ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2009
... Economic Club of New York, Bernanke said the Fed would "ensure that the dollar is strong and a source of global financial stability". The rare discussion about the dollar from the Fed gave a boost to the currency, which pulled off its lows. That weighed ...

Regulators call for better OTC derivatives processing

MICHELLE BALTAZAR, MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2009
... transparency, legal documentation and infrastructure surrounding OTC derivatives. However, FSF, now re-named the Financial Stability Board (FSB), said more needs to be done, particularly around disclosure and automation of the transactions. For example ...

ING snaps up Sentry stake

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2009
ING Australia has bought a 37.5 per cent shareholding in Sentry Financial Group following last March's partnership deal with the planning firm. ING formed a "strategic partnership" with Sentry early last year, which included an option to take a 37.5 ...

Local super funds welcome Obama admin move

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2009
... Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) chief executive, Fiona Reynolds, said any overseas changes to financial services regulation would affect local laws. "As the major credit rating agencies operate globally, any changes that occur ...

Watching the US$ and commodities

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2008
This Week's Market Movers (18 - 22 Aug 2008) The dearth of key market moving factors indicates this week that financial market activity will continue to focus on the rapid appreciation of the US dollar against most major currencies and the decline in ...