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Perpetual gets four stars from S&P

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2010
... share market. This is an important consideration as resources shares have been major growth drivers of the broader market at times.

ASIC power boost could trigger witch-hunts

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2010
... Bowen, also yesterday announced proposals to increase the maximum criminal penalties for individuals to $500,000 or three times the profit made or loss avoided (whichever is greater) for those who breach market misconduct provisions. For corporations ...

Greek tragedy overwhelms Obama

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2010
... worry but it becomes a tragedy when it risks taking many of the bigger European Union members down with it. The Financial Times notes that, "The Greek crisis is a matter of direct concern to EU countries because of their extensive holdings of Greek government ...

Credit Suisse supercharges Japanese trades

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2010
Credit Suisse broking and investment banking clients can complete Tokyo-listed share trades 750 times faster than the average person's reaction speed after the firm upgraded its trading technology. The AES Velocity equities technology provides clients ...

iPhone app targets home hunters

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2010
... March last year. Figures released show customers have logged on to St.George's mobile banking service more than 750,000 times since the bank introduced mobile banking nine months ago. These customers have used their iPhone to make more than 240,000 transactions. ...

... and transparency strategy to benefit Aussie funds

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2010
... behalf of a fund manager looking for a slice of CalPERS' $204 billion in funds, according to a report by the Los Angeles Times. Local super funds meanwhile are watching CalPERS' progress with interest, with some stating that tougher disclosure regimes ...

AMP broadens risk profile

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2010
In a sign of the times, one of the country's largest planning groups has expanded its risk profiling tool to accommodate seven types of risk profiles instead of five - adding "short duration" and "cautious" to the mix. Previously, AMP's risk profile ...

Room for Russia in BRIC

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2010
... investors forget is that Russia trumped India and China as the fastest growing BRIC economy from 2000 to 2009 - growing 4.8 times over the period. True, there are serious issues. "The trouble is that its market is incredibly volatile. Shareprices correlate ...

Bookmakers Super boosts liquidity

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2010
... securities, particularly floating rate notes to provide a return above the cash rate, he said. "The stock market at different times may perform better than [those cash type investments] but on a risk adjusted basis in a balanced portfolio these assets ...

ETFs slash fund fees to 15bp

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2009
... be compensated for." Despite these misgivings, with Thrift delivering competitive returns even though its fees are seven times cheaper than the average industry fund in Australia, it's almost guaranteed that the Super System Review will be taking a good ...