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State Street settles suit for $340m

SEC RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2010
State Street has agreed to pay more than $340 million in settlement to the SEC's charges on misleading investors about their exposure to sub-prime investments. According to the SEC, State Street also selectively disclosed more complete information to ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2010
The Australian stock market has received a mixed set of leads from overseas markets, with Wall Street's main indices closing slightly higher, and commodities and metals prices weaker. At 0725 AEDT the on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share ...

Miranda Kerr and the market

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2010
... promise to raise wages faster than inflation. The European Union approved the austerity measures. Hot potato. With the Greek problem seemingly attended to, financial markets passed the hot potato to Portugal, sending its bond yield premium over German ...

Alternatives by any other name

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2010
... asset classes. However, the firm could find no market consensus for distressed debt, ETFs and forward contracts. This problem is not new. Definitions became headline news during the global financial crisis after some investors found their cash investments ...

Greek tragedy overwhelms Obama

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2010
Yes we can! One more time, Yes we can! Obama has spoken and Wall Street saw that it was good. Despite rising criticism of his presidency and falling popularity, you can't help but be roused by the man when you listen to him speak with his distinct rhetorical ...

Wall Street v Main Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2010
... fine tuning (yes, fine-tuning, not tightening) and there are the PIGIS' (Portugal, Ireland, Greece, Italy, Spain) debt problem for the Eurozone. And news out overnight showed that the UK unconvincingly stepped out of recession after six straight quarters ...

Unlisted property continue to pose liquidity headaches

JOHN KAVANAGH  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2010
... their clients that they make use of any redemptions on offer and restore the balance of liquidity in their portfolios. The problem started in October 2008 when the Australian government decided to provide a government guarantee on bank deposits - triggering ...

Planners forced to rewrite succession plans

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2010
... their business is that the average financial adviser is 54 years old - close to retirement age. Given the timing, the problem becomes whether they will invest more money into their business to suit new regulation if they are in the process of selling ...

Investing on thin ice

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2010
... the policy-making in the US and the UK wielding a strong hand on how local bond portfolios will fare. Bridges argued the problem is that after the unprecedented monetary and fiscal policies offshore, which narrowly saved the markets from another Great ...

Mandatory online schooling for trustees

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2010
Ireland's Pensions Board has launched an e-learning system that mandates trustees to undertake professional training every two years - a step some argue could be the way forward for Australian trustees. From 1 February 2010, Irish trustees are expected ...