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Short selling flaw lies in disclosure

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2008
... disclosure, not the practice. "I would like to stress that short selling is an important financial tool in promoting market efficiency and encouraging true stock prices," said Senator Nick Sherry, minister for superannuation and corporate law said at ...

Five core banking systems overhauled at CBA

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2008
... and more flexible product design. Harte did not quantify the savings the bank would make but said the group had made efficiency gains of $200 million a year over the past two years by reorganising functions within the IT group. CBA's IT efficiency ratio ...

AFS records strong growth

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2008
... that underpins the focus of the dealer group to deliver programs, support and service that significantly improves the efficiency and profitability of our practices," said AFS managing director, Peter Daly. The audited 2007 financial and performance results ...

Brushing up market integrity

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2008
... Superannuation Investors, transparency and disclosure are fundamental principles that lay the groundwork of market integrity and efficiency. "IFSA and ACSI believe that companies should manage communications so that no investor or potential investor ...

Swiss sustainable FUM up 67 per cent

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2008
... followed by mandates and structured products at 41 and 3.4 per cent respectively. Climate change, renewable energy, energy efficiency and sustainable water themed investments represented $23.7 billion of the sustainable investment market at the end of ...

Don't strangle sovereign funds: OECD

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2008
... said. "Increasing barriers to cross border ownership will impede the financing of new investment, hold back corporate efficiency gains and discourage innovation. The price of investment protectionism is a slower pace of sustainable development." The ...

FPA to provide PI insurance to members

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2008
... in terms of coverage and application for them and their client," said Bloch. "It will also offer the administrative efficiency of a group policy whereby members will not be required to source and then negotiate individual deals." The FPA was prompted ...

ING Aus appoints new chief

... groups. Bedbrook caps his near-five year term with the $50 million "transformation programme" to boost the group's efficiency and services. Michelle Baltazar

Super structure needs fixing

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2008
... upcoming May budget to increase superannuation contributions needs to be grounded in structural reforms to increase the "efficiency and fairness" of the superannuation system. Speaking at an Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) forum ...

AXA Rosenberg eyes emerging markets

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2008
... valuations. Whereas the earnings forecast model analyses each company's ability to generate alpha by measuring its efficiency, earnings forecasts and broker recommendations. He said he expected the uptake for the emerging market product to be positive ...