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Australian Ethical closes World Trust

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2009
Australian Ethical Investment has closed the firm's World Trust, redirecting investors to a similar trust that offers lower fees and requires a lower minimum investment amount. The firm said no further investments into the World Trust would be accepted ...

ABCs of super still confusing: Suncorp

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2009
Do you know your TTR from your MER? Apparently not for many Australians who still struggle with basic superannuation terms, new research shows. A new survey by Suncorp showed that transition to retirement strategies and management expense ratio number ...

Pension fund suffers million-dollar meltdown

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2009
Super funds could learn a harsh lesson from a Philippines based pension fund, after a software meltdown cost the fund an estimated $120 million in damages and led to a court case against a contractor for libel. Information technology contractor Questronix ...

Jumping at shadows no more

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2009
... the economy? What about the rising rate of unemployment - now at a 26-year high of 9.5 per cent and rising? What about it? Let me repeat, employment along business inventories, are lagging indicators. They show what businesses have been doing to adjust ...

UN PRI gets tough and de-lists signatories

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2009
The United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI) is kicking out around six signatories next month for failing to fulfill their reporting duties. James Gifford, executive director of the PRI, said the signatories would be de-listed after ...

Beware the tiny URL

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2009
Online criminals are leaving no virtual stones unturned - targeting finance professionals who are Twitter-happy as their next victims. The popularity of Twitter has given rise to so-called tiny URL links, often used in Tweets to refer to articles or ...

Another dead feline bounce

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2009
... recovery in a galaxy far, far away US equities - and by extension, equities everywhere else - would be hard pressed to justify let along sustain the strong gains of the past three days. The Dow and the S&P 500 surged another three per cent last night ...

Second half jitters

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2009
... comfort but no one could argue that the economic scorecard has improved and continues to improve. We are passed Armageddon. But let the second half jitters turn into outright pessimism and we could see the welcome back on its doors once again. I apologise ...

Timbercorp growers favour consortium

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2009
Timbercorp growers are welcoming talks with a recently formed consortium - TCGrowers - which is looking to buy the embattled agricultural group's forestry assets. According to an update yesterday on the TCGrowers website, the group had received very ...

Can't swing it both ways

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2009
... ultimately prove that what we witnessed over the past three months is just the bouncing of a dead feline? Maybe...maybe not. Let's take earnings expectations first. Like the 'green shoots' and 'second derivative' arguments, the deceleration in earnings ...