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AFA calls for top advisers

AFA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 21 JUN 2010
... "This year, as was the case last year, thousands of young advisers participated in our GenXt roadshows right around the country. The high level of participation demonstrates the passion of our young professionals and their commitment to ongoing education ...

A stitch in time

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 JUN 2010
... Europe and other western economies and their trade imbalances. Equilibrium dictates that where there's a deficit in one country, it must be made up for by a surplus in another. Surplus country? That's China isn't it? What's one of the reasons for its ...

DiNapoli slams raid rumours

MEDIA RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2010
... on the States issued a report calling New York one of the best managed pension funds in the US. Only four states in the country are fully-funded: New York, Florida, Washington and Wisconsin, noted the press statement.

Perpetual taps global resources

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2010
... approach to invest in a diversified global portfolio of mining, steel, commodities and related services stocks without country ranges or targets. Cathy Doyle, group executive of equities at Perpetual, said the portfolio holds around 40 stocks and currently ...

Toot those Vuvuzelas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2010

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUN 2010
... pushed the euro above $US1.22 for the first time since June 4. Greece is still enough of a concern that bad news about the country's well-known problems was enough to help take down the market's advance. Traders at first shrugged off news that credit ...

Moody's cries boo

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUN 2010
... a Ba1 rating." And that, "There is considerable uncertainty surrounding the timing and impact of these measures on the country's economic growth, particularly in a less supportive global economic environment." Huh? Run that by me again. Where was she ...

SSgA wins S&P licence for ETFs

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2010
... licensing agreement reinforces the dominance of SPDR as Australia's leading ETF brand by giving it exclusive access to the country's premier benchmark index," he said. Total FUM for SPDR ETFs reached $2.65 billion as of 31 May, 2010, an increase of more ...

Stimulate and die

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUN 2010
... economic improvement in April and May. This is the first time since October 2007 that improvement was reported across the country. There's also nothing to be worried about global growth. Chinese exports rose by 50 per cent in the year to May. Many countries ...

Korea's big four dominate pensions

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUN 2010
The top four service providers in Korea administer around half of all funded corporate pension assets in the country, and account for KRW 7 trillion of assets, according to Towers Watson's Korea Pension Report. The new report covers 53 service providers ...