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Challenger launches Bentham

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUN 2010
... The boutique, which already has $1.5 billion in funds under management, is named after Jeremy Bentham, an 18th century English philosopher and social reformer whose views on borrowing and lending influenced modern views on capital markets. Following ...

Macquarie Life releases flexible insurance

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAY 2010
... definitions. Macquarie Life is also providing two versions of the PDS; one for the client that explains the terms in plain English and another more complex PDS for the adviser.

Paradox of thrift

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 APR 2010
... climate, music and drink from the serious Germans. Else it could turn to the Brits and announce that it was simply following English economist JM Keynes' prescription in his "savings paradox" by spending, spending and spending... with borrowed money. ...

Malware attacks Chinese walls

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2010
Local fund managers looking to this year's Shanghai World Expo as a platform to offer their fund products are vulnerable to email-related security breaches after the discovery of a malware that targets the mailing list of the Expo's would-be attendees. ...

End game

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2010
... of a few weeks in 1998 and collapsed. Wrong call then. China's tit for the America's tat? No way, Jose! Or in American English, "get stuffed!" China's new ambassador to the UN, He O'Yafei, retorted with, " They should not blame the problems they have ...

Jobs full recovery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2010
... take in 140,000 immigrants in 2005-06, 20,000 more than last year and the biggest number for 35 years. Rules on ages and English proficiency will be relaxed. Backpackers who spend at least three months picking fruit or working on farms will qualify automatically ...

Clearview technical manager jumps to FPA

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2010
... Technical Committee. "Dante is well known to the financial planning community for his sound strategic advice, clear and plain English presentations, and his ability to address the legislative environment positively," Bloch continued. De Gori joins the ...

Perpetual close to recovering $125m for Mahogany

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2009
... Mahogany noteholders have priority over Lehman Brothers Special Financing, Inc (LBSF) in relation to the collateral under English Law. The Court rejected arguments put by LBSF that they should have priority over the collateral. In July, the High Court ...

More info on super, please

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2009
... CSRF newsletter context was "easy to understand" the fund acknowledged that more could be done to explain super in plain English. "We still have some work to do to reduce the amount of super jargon and technical terminology we use - we promise to use ...

Channel swimmer named Actuary of the Year

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2009
... to the profession and also raising more than $160,000 for charity. Stephan is chief actuary at Munich Re and swam the English Channel in just over 12 hours and in doing so raised more than $160,000 for the oncology unit at The Children's Hospital at ...