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Hold, Fold or Run

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAY 2010
... governments. Recession hits its coffers too, you know. There'll be less employed people to buy its CDs and books and figurines in times of recession. Not to mention the faithfuls' "offerings" during Sunday Mass. Pope Benedict XVI told a conference at ...

Simpler, faster, cheaper rollovers: IFF

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 24 MAY 2010
... consolidate and manage their super," he said. "Through this collaboration we'll be able to speed up processing and payment times, ensure data is handled with greater accuracy and make it easier for investors to find any lost super. "The scheme also has ...

Australian dollar separates winners and losers

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAY 2010
... selling at the worst possible price." He said the firm recommends clients rebalance their currency hedges three to five times a week. "In strong downturns, frequent rebalancing adds value," he added.

AMP Cap maintains high tenancy rate

PRESS RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2010
... their Bridge Street building in Sydney, keeping the vacancy rate of the AMP Capital Wholesale Office fund more than four times lower than the Australian average. Baker & McKenzie, Bupa Australia and AMP Capital Investors extended the tenure at Bridge ...

Service core to Tower mandate: AustralianSuper

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 17 MAY 2010
... have the most significant impact [for members]," he said. This includes an agreement with Tower to improve underwriting times and more efficient dealings with claims. The drive for making insurance more accessible to members followed figures that indicate ...

IOOF adds ETFs to Pursuit

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAY 2010
... international Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) by State Street and BlackRock to its investment menu. "The growth in ETFs in recent times, coupled with demand from our advisers, led to the addition on Pursuit," said Nick Everingham, IOOF head of product. ...

J.P. Morgan rolls out structured products to planners

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2010
... label it or badge it." He said the firm had responded to investor concerns about lock-up periods by reducing the maturity times from five years to four or three years. J.P. Morgan has also worked on making the products simpler and more transparent by ...

Yellow Brick Road selects OneVue managed accounts

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 10 MAY 2010
... ordinary investors, either through their SMSF or through financial advisers, "advice on tap", not just during the irregular times that most SMSFs usually get advice. The UMA will allow YBR clients to integrate or manage under one platform their share ...

Feeding the fear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 MAY 2010
Feeding the fear. Times like these, it's not so difficult to do. Just replace the word "Greece" with "global" in Greece sovereign crisis and what do you have? You have Global Sovereign Crisis and the attendant panic and volatility in the financial markets ...

Savings up, but not enough

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 30 APR 2010
... the savings of university-qualified individuals, versus those with no degrees. The former saves around $3,600 a year -- 15 times more than other groups. In contrast, the average person with no degree saves just $40 a year. "The reports shows we are getting ...