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Hong Kong cracks down on Lehman Bros

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2009
Following last year's Lehman Brothers collapse, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority has revealed there are still 930 cases involving the failed bank still under disciplinary consideration within the Chinese state. HKMA announced last Friday that there ...

UniSuper activates fair value clause

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2009
The $21 billion UniSuper has initiated a clause that allows trustees to reduce defined benefit members' benefits - if necessary - following the GFC to provide fair value payments. UniSuper announced online on 7 July that it had decided to initiate "Clause ...

Flawed fund analysis demands new metric: Study

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2009
Flawed super fund performance analysis leading to a type of market failure necessitates development of a new 'whole of fund' metric that investors can use to better compare super funds, argue APRA analysts in a recently released research paper. "Publication ...

Job freezes to thaw: Watson Wyatt

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2009
... Laura Sejen, global director of strategic rewards consulting at Watson Wyatt. "The challenge for companies will be to determine which cost-cutting changes can be reversed and which will become ingrained into the permanent business environment." The Watson ...

Future lies in present

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2009
Have we? Haven't we? Left bottom that is. Or is the taxpayer's impatience to get their money back and authorities' over zealousness to erect new 'thou shall not' signs to police financial institutions taking us back to that dark place we left back in ...

Cooper targets investment fees

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2009
... level of fees. "If you've got the incentive right and the disclosure right then you can leave it up to the market to determine the fees," said McCormick. Promoting simplicity and improved disclosure will go a long way to resolving and clarifying the ...

Legg Mason shuts down defensive trust

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2009
Legg Mason has closed its wholesale defensive trust, citing its FUM of less than $10 million made it impractical to continue offering the product. According to a May update of the fund, which has $9.5 million in funds under management, the fund manager ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2009
... and Quantum Resources Ltd hold annual general meetings. Allco Finance Group will hold a second creditors meeting to determine its future. Minerals Week 2009 begins in Canberra, the Mine Safe conference begins in Perth and a Coal Seam Methane conference ...

Acronyms pull down USD

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2009
Indications are emerging that markets are 'starting to heal' but 'forceful and sustained' policy actions are still needed. These words from US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner perhaps best sum up the macro-environment for the second quarter economy ...

AIA public listing one step closer

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2009
AIG has announced it will accelerate steps to position its Australasian subsidiary American International Assurance Company (AIA) as an independent entity in preparation for an Asian public listing. The timing of the move will be determined by market ...