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Govt is longevity insurer of last resort

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 13 AUG 2010
The debate in wealth management over the next few years will center on retirement security, particularly as the Government is the longevity insurer of the last resort, said outgoing ING Australia chief, Harry Stout. Speaking at a Financial Services ...

Balmain offers $295m to City Pacific investors

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 10 AUG 2010
BalmainTRILOGY (BT) is aiming to return $295 million to embattled unitholders of the Pacific First Mortgage Fund. BT, which took over the management of the City Pacific First Mortgage Fund more than a year ago, said it is now in a position to start ...

UBS property fund gets three stars

S&P RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 9 AUG 2010
Standard & Poor's Fund Services has assigned its three-star 'new' rating to the UBS Property Securities Fund. The ratings house placed the fund 'On Hold' in October 2009 when its co-portfolio managers resigned and management was transitioned to the ...

Managed fund for charity pays dividends

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 6 AUG 2010
Chris Cuffe's Third Link Growth Fund is yet to reach its $150 million goal but has already achieved its more noble goal - delivering a $45,000 cheque to charities each month. Two years on, the fund has pooled more than $40 million in funds under management ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUL 2010
The Australian stock market is likely to open weaker on Thursday after a fall on Wall Street overnight. At 0741 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was down 23 points at 4,485 points. In economics news on Thursday ...

Former MLC chief takes Perpetual chair

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUL 2010
Perpetual has appointed former MLC chief executive Peter Scott as chairman, as Robert Savage, the firm's current chair, confirmed his upcoming retirement. Savage joined the board of Perpetual in 2001 and became chairman in 2005. He confirmed his forthcoming ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2010
The Australian share market is expected to open weaker, after major indices on Wall Street backpedalled more than one per cent and the benchmark crude oil contract dipped below $US77 a barrel. At 0650 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September ...

NAB granted more time on AXA bid

PRESS RELEASES  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2010
AXA Asia Pacific Holdings (AXA APH), AXA SA and National Australia Bank (NAB) have agreed to extend the period for NAB to address the competition commission's concerns till the end of August. The comes after all three entities announced they were close ...

US pension funds get $800m from class action

MEDIA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2010
Three Ohio pension funds have won a $840 million settlement from AIG after the insurer agreed to settle claims of accounting violations and stock price manipulation, in the tenth-largest securities class action settlement in U.S. history. Ohio Attorney ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUL 2010
Australian markets have received mixed leads from offshore trading overnight. At 0744 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was 16 points lower at 4,429. In economic news, the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases ...