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Maritime offers fixed term investment option

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 22 NOV 2010
Maritime Super is launching a new fixed term investment option next month - a strategy normally associated with retail super funds, and arguably the first of its kind introduced by an industry fund. The fixed term investment option works like a fixed ...

No pension for corrupt Bell staff

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 15 NOV 2010
... assistant chief administrative officer. The decision came after the City of Bell did not provide the information to properly determine retirement benefits, reportable compensation and enrollment in the retirement and health systems for certain employees. ...

Smaller QE2 is not all that bad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 OCT 2010
Whoa boy! Hold your horses! QE2 expectations are going out of hand. It started with just over a couple of billions and then grew, and grew, and grew. Just two days ago, I wrote about St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank Director of Research Christopher Waller ...

Punting on next week

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 OCT 2010
... 1130 today when the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases the September quarter CPI report. Because the result would determine whether or not the Reserve Bank of Australia would raise the official cash rate next week on Melbourne Cup Day. This should ...

G-20 gabfest at Gyeongju

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 OCT 2010
Heard at the G-20 gabfest at Gyeongju: blah, blah, blah... and more blah, blah, blah. As it always is when top authorities of the top nations meet, there's going to be too much chatter and too little done. Financial markets were right to expect that ...

Best financial advice tweet wins iPhone

... day, the author of the 'best tweet' will win an iPhone 4.0, courtesy of Zurich Financial Services. A judging panel will determine the shortlist for the prize and is comprised of Richard Klipin, chief executive of the AFA, Richard Dunkerley, marketing ...

Advice 'opt in' reforms to dictate platform choice

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 OCT 2010
A yet-to-be-published report obtained by Financial Standard reveals that two in five planners will consider switching to a platform that can help them better administer the government's proposed 'opt in' reforms. Researcher Investment Trends will release ...

Planner associations at different stages globally

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 12 OCT 2010
The issue of whether Australian financial adviser associations should be doing more for their members and how they compare to their US counterparts has cropped up in the industry, with many divided on the topic as to the role an association should play. ...

Sutton seeks global eq managers

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 SEP 2010
Australia-based fund managers looking to win global equities and bonds mandates can turn to the UK's Sutton Council, which is looking to award up to $200 million in mandates. According to a tender statement, the Sutton Council is looking to appoint ...

Much ado over more of the same

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 SEP 2010
All dressed up and nowhere to go. Yup! Wall Street went nowhere alright. A day before last night's Federal Open Market Committee Meeting (FOMC), Wall Street was all prepped, seemingly ready to take it all, whatever the Fed decides - or more, importantly ...