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Phoenix won't rise from $1b fraud

The court case against Phoenix, a German hedge fund that embezzled more than $1 billion from 30,000 companies and individuals draws to a close next month, two years after the fraud was uncovered. In March 2005, the German regulator BaFin shut down the ...

Global pension fund assets hit A$30 trillion

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 8 FEB 2007
... more slowly. In fact pension fund asset growth rates in Japan have only been 4.7 per cent per annum while the growth of German pension fund assets has been ever more dismal. The US remains the biggest pension fund market accounting for one-quarter of ...

More global, more professional: FPSB

The Financial Planning Standards Board (FPSB), the umbrella body that offers Certified Financial Planners (CFP) certification, is undergoing a major system overhaul that will benefit CFP-accredited financial planners by making their accreditation recognised ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 27 OCT 2006
The Australian Fair Pay Commission yesterday increased the national minimum wage for low paid workers by $27.36 to $700 and by $22.04 for those above $700 in a decision that was supported by both major political parties and the union movement but opposed ...

More countries sign up for REITs

The US$1.03 trillion global real estate investment trust (REIT) sector is poised for further growth with UK and Germany setting up REIT-like investment structures next year and other countries such as Italy, Finland, Mexico and Spain considering it. ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2006
... increased by 1.4 per cent to $18 billion at the same time that imports increased from by 0.7 per cent to $18.2 billion. The German based international corruption watchdog Transparency International has reduced Australia's rating from its position four ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 OCT 2006
The Reserve Bank has decided to leave the cash rate unchanged at 6 per cent following the Australian Bureau of Statistics announcement yesterday that in seasonally adjusted terms retail sales increased by 0.3 per cent in August after the 0.5 per cent ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 SEP 2006
The Australian share market is expected to open softer today as US stocks weakened and a military coup in Thailand shook world financial markets. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0739 AEST, the September share price index contract fell 27 points to ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 14 SEP 2006
The Westpac-Melbourne Institute consumer sentiment index rose 12.5 per cent to a score of 101.2 following a 16.2 per cent fall after the last interest rate rise. The improvement in the index is being seen a s a consequence of the improvement in petrol ...

Real estate a global game: LaSalle

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 SEP 2006
Globally is simply the best way to look at your listed real estate allocation, according to LaSalle Investment Management Real Estate Securities. According to managing director, Stanley Kraska, Jr, there are two simple reasons that global listed real ...