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Moral hazard on Main Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2009
... irresponsible behaviour. The problem is, but for a miracle, there is no immdediate way out of this current predicament except to continue hacking away and pray that one day all this will be over. The exit strategy when all this is over will again involve ...

Drinking is bad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2009
... business tax credits and a 12,000 yen cash handout for each taxpayer to stimulate consumer spending. All well and good, except that this measure still waits for political wrangling to stop and a compromise reached before it can be implemented. The sharp ...

Options for retiring SMSF trustees

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2009
... and convert the fund to a Small Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) Fund (SAF). SAFs are similar to SMSFs, except an approved trustee is appointed to administer it, and APRA replaces the ATO in its role as regulator. Fund members are relieved ...

Capping fees is not the answer

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2009
Senator Nick Sherry may be very vocal about the need to slash superannuation fees from an average 1.25 per cent to below one per cent but he said legislating a fees cap is out of the question. "I'm not an advocate of fee caps. I don't think that's appropriate ...

Mandate to the Future

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2009
The Future Fund is looking to build up its debt portfolio this year and beef up its alternatives portfolio with investments that have "niche" risk premia. David Neal, the Future Fund's chief investment officer, gave an insight on where they are likely ...

LGSS fixes pricing error

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2009
... Superannuation Scheme was alerted to a tax error that occurred with the 30 June 2008 unit prices for all investment options except Cash Plus," said the fund. As a result of this, investment returns for the affected options were overstated on the last ...

The January effect

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2009
Where's the January effect when you need it most? Wikipedia describes this stock market phenomenon best: "The January effect is the tendency of the stock market to rise between December 31 and the end of the first week in January. There are many theories ...

Standard Chartered signs on SmartStream

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2008
Tech firm SmartStream Technologies has signed on Standard Chartered Bank onto its TLM Reconciliations system to create a global reconciliations platform. SmartStream said that Standard Chartered is hiring its services as part of an ongoing strategic ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2008
... slide in the Dow on Monday. More importantly, the market was able to claim a victory of sorts over the course of the week - except for Monday's slide, stocks repeatedly overcame bleak economic data and corporate announcements. The Dow industrials jumped ...

Vianova weathers financial crisis

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2008
Savvy fixed income managers such as Vianova have emerged victorious in the bear market as their minimal sub-prime exposure and backing of bonds pay off, according to Australian Unity Investments. Investors who liquidated assets to protect income by ...