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Investors want more Centrelink

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2009
... movements across all of our channels on constructing portfolios for income or yield. "[Clients] are looking for less reliance on capital growth and looking for alternative strategies on how to structure their holding or super in a way that maximises ...

IOSCO warns against structured products

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2009
... investment matures. The inference is that "point-in-time" ratings for structured investments are inappropropriate and the reliance on them by fiduciaries was a major cause of the sub-prime crisis.

Downturn presents brand opportunity

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2009
... opportunity in the industry to re-tell the story of why super is a good thing and it centres around that idea of self-reliance in retirement - but you need to make sure you get the language and stories right," he said. Tony Mitchelmore, who also worked ...

RBNZ could go zero

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2009
... international credit rating agency took this decision because of its concern over the country's high debt levels and reliance on foreign borrowing. Looks like the RBNZ might need to take its cash rate to zero in the near term.

Great Southern falls into administration

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2009
... restructure program for the past 15 months, recognising the need to diversify its earnings and cash flow, reduce its reliance on annual MIS sales, reduce its level of gearing and to derive more value from its strategic asset base. "Earlier this year ...

Aspen fund holds 'recommended' rating

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2009
... of weaknesses within the fund including inherent exposure to Western Australian and South Australian resource areas, reliance on tourism industry and a relatively high fee structure. Yet that didn't stop platform provider, netwealth, from adding the ...

Rated AAA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2009
... and investment regulations should take a hard look at breaking these ratings agencies' oligopoly and the market's over-reliance on their ratings. Especially when one letter - added, subtracted or changed - could mean a comfortable retirement or years ...

APRA declares hand on unlisted asset valuations

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2009
... independence in the valuation process", "appointing investment managers without consideration of their policies and processes", "reliance on internal models", "valuation shopping", and "smoothing of returns" were all cited by the regulator as what they ...

Governance indices create illusions: study

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2009
... means of a numeric ratio, or even series of ratios. According to the paper, the weakness in governance indices is their reliance on the uni-dimensional factors such as the proportion of board directors who are independent, how concentrated is the management ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2008
... ore miner said it had suspended contracts on about two-thirds of its ore shipments, in an effort to switch to greater reliance on deals that require the buyer to freight the product. Fortescue shares dropped 19 cents, or 7.72 per cent, to $2.27.