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Filled half-empty glass

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2008
The Australian economy grew by 0.1 per cent in the third quarter - the slowest since December 2000. Is the glass half-full? Or is it half-empty? Gauging from the headlines that followed the release of the Australian National Accounts, the domestic economy's ...

Age of the virtual super regulator

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2008
The creation of a 'super' regulator, in which securities commissions around the world agree to govern under a unifying set of principles that crosses national boundaries, might just be the key to prevent a repeat of the global financial crises. Speaking ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2008
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open lower after US stocks slumped overnight after Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said the government would not buy banks' soured mortgage assets after all. Resource stocks also are likely to fall after oil ...

More planners to use SMAs

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2008
More than 80 per cent of financial planners and other wealth management professionals who offer separately managed accounts (SMA) to their clients see SMAs as a tool to generate a new revenue stream for their business, a survey shows. The findings came ...

Sunsuper pumps $100m into Trinity

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2008
The $13 billion industry fund Sunsuper has invested $100 million into the unlisted Trinity Property Trust. "The idea [of this investment] is that there will be plenty of opportunities coming up in the next year because of distressed sellers," said David ...

Sale won't affect clients: Pillar

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 4 NOV 2008
The NSW government's proposal to sell the superannuation administration provider, Pillar will not affect its operations or its client accounts, accordng to a spokesperson for the firm. Mark Luciano, Pillar general manager of marketing and business development ...

Storm ramps up HostPLUS media exposure

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2008
The $7 billion industry fund HostPLUS has rounded up a good year of brand and media exposure via its sponsorship of rugby league team, Melbourne Storm. In the latest S-Comm report, produced by research company Repucom, the Melbourne Storm jersey is ...

It's the war, stupid

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2008
In this current investment environment where fear reigns and uncertainty rules, it's the war that is lending a helping hand. The US Federal Reserve was unable to appease Wall Street yesterday with its 50 basis point reduction in the fed funds rate. ...

More pain for insurance firms

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2008
Global insurance brokerage firm Aon has warned that following AIG's troubles and government rescue, there will be more bad news from insurers as the sector undergoes mass asset depletion and capital shortage. Speaking yesterday at Aon's 2008 Advanced ...

This too shall pass

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2008
'The market does not beat them. They beat themselves, because though they have brains they cannot sit tight.' (Jesse Livermore). While most of us were sleeping (those lucky enough to have their A$1 turn to A$0.80 instead of A$0.20), Wall Street was ...