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Insurers slow on green IT

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2008
... climate change, with many developing eco-friendly products and underwriting alternative energy projects. But it's no longer enough, says Datamonitor. "An IT strategy that weighs performance above the environment can still have a significant net benefit. ...

One-size rule does not fit advice

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2008
... it is to meet the expectations of consumers. "The FPA believes that the FSWG's focus on 'intra fund' advice is not broad enough to address the serious issues of cost and accessibility of advice," said FPA chief executive Jo-Anne Bloch. The FPA is currently ...

Market Jitters Redux

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2008
... "should such lending prove necessary." This begs the question, are the combined actions of the US Fed and the Treasury enough to forestall further surprises in the capital markets? The short answer is that it is more likely that problem loans and pressures ...

Back testing not enough

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2008
Historical back-testing can only get you so far - it's time to free investment managers to do what they do best when it comes to harvesting better returns. Brian Parker, investment strategist at MLC Investment Management, said the overriding aim of ...

Swedish pension lessons for Australia

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2008
... funds, retail funds and self managed funds is remarkably cost effective even despite its complexity, notwithstanding not enough members are benefiting from these low costs. Indeed even if Australia's entire superannuation system switched overnight to ...

FTSE100 pensions in the red

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2008
... values fell." He said that while the increase in corporate bond yields partly offset the effect of inflation, it wasn't enough to stop a deficit. Yet Bhabra said these results could reinforce the value of inflation-protected pension schemes. "Companies ...

The hedge that saves

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2008
... anticipated, many went back to the drawing board to cover their risk. The upshot is that their hedging programs worked well enough not just to cover longevity risk but also market downturns as bad as the current subprime-led falls. "What this study shows ...

Sovereign bonds bouncing back

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2008
... cent of the total debt market in the region. The quality of the countries dominating the new issues may however not be enough to convince lenders to dive back into the market, being Indonesia, Thailand and the Philippines. Despite the sovereign debt ...

Moment of truth

CAMERON BOGGS  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2008
... turned to member communication, several speakers concurred that the elephant in the room is that members either don't know enough about how share markets work or even when they do, they don't know how it affects their super or their retirement savings. ...

End of the world

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2008
... share markets have plunged and we are being warned the sub-prime fiasco still has two years left to run. And if that wasn't enough, president of OPEC Chakib Khelil is widely reported to have said ironically that rising interest rates in Europe could ...