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Astarra pain spreads to super funds

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 19 APR 2010
Gaming group Tabcorp will be moving the superannuation accounts of 250 NSW TAB staff affected by the collapse of Astarra to CareSuper. A Tabcorp spokesperson contacted by Financial Standard this morning said the company has written to the relevant workers ...

The retaking of Dow 11000

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 APR 2010
Here we go, here we go, here we go-o! The Dow has retaken the 11K ground anew! Dow 36,000 here we come! Yes Virginia, by virtue of a miniscule 0.1 per cent gain overnight, the Dow has once again crossed beyond that ever-elusive 11,000 milestone to close ...

Can fee-for-service insurance advice work?

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 12 APR 2010
... shoulder upfront. In a super fund research, consumers already baulk at paying more than $500 upfront for one-off financial advice let alone the couple of thousand or more for insurance advice. Reddacliff said, however, that this may not necessarily be ...

Orion tightens compliance after rogue trader caught

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 APR 2010
... the culture of the firm you work for... outweighs the impacts of rules. "Training is very important for staff and to really let them know, in no uncertain terms, what's expected of them," he said.

Iffy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2010
... monthly routine. The US Labor Department will release the US employment stats for March on Good Friday (their time) - and let's all hope it's good. US payrolls dropped by 36,000 jobs and the unemployment rate remained at 9.7 per cent in February. But ...

Greenspan put

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 MAR 2010
... America's debt and its deficit, Greenie was only after one thing. Greenie wants to bring back the Greenspan put. Greenie says let the stock market go higher!

Fitch scare

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAR 2010
... contagion tragedy, except perhaps get a few hearts to miss a beat. Like my stance on Greece, the European Union would not let Portugal -- or any of its member countries - go down the gurgler. At the end of the day, the Fitch scare is just that.

S&P backs Schroders team after departure

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAR 2010
Standard & Poor's has maintained its four-star rating on the Schroders Australian Equity fund following the resignation of senior portfolio manager Randal Jenneke. Jenneke worked at Schroders Investment Management Australia for nine years but resigned ...

Fundie backs strategy with own nest egg

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 22 MAR 2010
... "In very volatile sectors of the market, like materials, where demand has fallen off and there are all sorts of problems, let's play the most defensive names in the most aggressive sectors," he said. Similarly, the fund also invested in the most sturdy ...

Instos lobby for Main Street

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 22 MAR 2010
... regulators can only do so much." Meanwhile Anne Simpson, senior portfolio manager, head of CalPERS Corporate Governance said "don't let credit ratings agencies and other critical intermediaries in the market evade regulation." Lastly Greg Smith, general ...