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See-through IMAs buffer market sting

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2008
Dalton Nicol Reid clients are hunkering down for a year of negative returns - but the specialist portfolio manager said they were well-informed ahead of the financial year-end due to the transparency of individually managed accounts (IMAs). DNR, one ...

FTSE100 pensions in the red

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2008
Watson Wyatt found FTSE100 companies' pension funds turned a combined $48 billion surplus a month ago into a $16.5 billion deficit last month due to the double whammy of stock market falls and high inflation. Rashpal Bhabra, Watson Wyatt head of corporate ...

Sparks fly at APRA statistics forum

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2008
A forum convened by APRA to discuss their superannuation statistical surveys became one of the most heated seminars the industry has seen in years as the regulator reacted to heavy criticism that they are not properly reporting investment returns. Charles ...

Sovereign bonds bouncing back

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2008
Asia Pacific sovereign bond issues, which slowed dramatically during 2007, have recovered lost ground with A$11 billion in new issues in the last six months. The rise is so strong that second quarter 2008 issues are up 43 per cent on the same time last ...

Westscheme members get better insurance

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2008
... clients. "Twenty five per cent was what we were prepared to extend to our clients, and so far we're quite happy with that figure," said Rosario.

ASX listing breaches hit 13pc

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2008
Nearly 13 per cent of 4,137 Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) Directors' Interest Notices breached listing rules in the first quarter of this year - prompting warnings that those who violated the law could face ASIC investigation. According to the ...

CFS GAM names new chief

A senior figure at State Street Global Advisors, Mark Lazberger, takes on the chief executive officer post at Colonial First State Global Asset Management in September. The Commonwealth Bank has appointed Lazberger to the helm, effective 1 September ...

REST targets member TFNs

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2008
... battle for more member engagement has just begun. Around 400,000 members are yet to provide their TFNs to REST - but the figure is substantially lower from last year's 600,000 mark. Out of the 400,000, REST said up to 60,000 active members are likely ...

Population growth hits 36 year high

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2008
Figures just released by the ABS confirm that Australia's population last year experienced in fastest growth in 36 years. The population is now 21.2 million after having increased by 331,900 last calendar year or 1.6 per cent. The population recovery ...

Resources boom has only just begun

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2008
... effective way to obtain new supply and Australia has so much mineral wealth yet to be tapped, Australia will continue to figure prominently in the plans of Rio Tinto and the resources industry globally. "Forty per cent of Rio Tinto's 2007 revenues were ...