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Instreet a hit with planners

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2009
... likely losses. The product, rated "recommended" by Lonsec, works as a closed-ended fund and so far, Instreet has closed Link Series 1 and II after raising nearly $40 million of underlying investments or nearly twice the amount they were hoping to attract. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2009
... shed four points, or 0.11 per cent, to 3,693.9. NEW YORK - US stocks powered higher on Wednesday as investors weighed a series of data indicating the world's largest economy is battling severe headwinds in its second year of recession. The Dow Jones ...

Make love not leverage

... during the month. No one paid any attention to pending home sales data back in late 2005 when it started its first of a long series of year-on-year falls. Neither was anyone concerned when these year-on-year falls became double-digit in mid-2006. In ...

FTSE launches Asian sector indices

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2009
... gas, chemicals and health care for clients after FTSE Group released 18 new sector indices that target the region. This series of indices provide access to countries included on the FTSE Asia Pacific Index including China, Hong Kong SAR, Indonesia, Philippines ...

The light, the light

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2009
... snapping 6 consecutive months of contraction. While this is a positive indication, note however, that this is a volatile series and we would need several more months of positive results to confirm the turnaround in the US factory sector. But knowing ...

Governance indices create illusions: study

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2009
... governance and how it is implemented and managed are too subtle to be adequately described by means of a numeric ratio, or even series of ratios. According to the paper, the weakness in governance indices is their reliance on the uni-dimensional factors ...

Applications open for FEAL CIMA Scholarship

... (IMCA), based in the United States since 1988. Adapted from the US program, the Australian CIMA residential program offers a series of seminars and presentations from industry leaders and academics, with practical application gained through case study ...

FIX adoption critical to growth

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2009
... Information eXchange ('FIX') to enhance electronic communication and trans-border trading, he said. The FIX Protocol is a series of messaging specifications for the electronic communication of trade-related messages. It has been developed through the ...

ATO targets early access and in-house rules

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2009
... assistance" to help trustees meet their obligations, D'Ascenzo said. Also, the ATO is releasing a four part education booklet series to assist new trustees. According to D'Ascenzo, the SMSF sector represents more than 400,000 funds holding over $320 ...

Stanford slashes costs to save endowment

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2009
... of their decisions about cutbacks. More layoffs are expected over the next several months. The moves are the latest in a series of steps Stanford has taken to reduce expenses in response to a steep decline in the university endowment, which has fallen ...