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A friend like Ben

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 AUG 2010
"Ben most people would turn you away I don't listen to a word they say They don't see you as I do I wish they would try to I'm sure they'd think again If they had a friend like Ben (a friend) like Ben (a friend) like Ben." -Michael Jackson Have no fear ...

SEC charges New Jersey with fraud

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 27 AUG 2010
The US financial watchdog has cracked down on the state of New Jersey for securities fraud pertaining to fake municipal bond offerings and underfunding two of the state's largest pension funds. Mid this month, the Securities and Exchange Commission ...

Glum

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 AUG 2010
Glum has entered the building. Remember him? The teenie weenie Lilliputian in Gulliver's Travels who when faced with a predicament - any predicament - exclaims, "We'll never make it! We're doomed!" So it is with Wall Street and its view of the US economy ...

Food security back on the radar

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 AUG 2010
The news of BHP's recent bid for Potash Corp has brought the issue of investing in food security to the forefront, with CFSGAM, H3 Global and WLM Financial hot on the sector's trail. BHP made a $39 billion hostile bid for Potash Corp, a bid Potash later ...

Rising markets boost Perpetual's bottom line

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 24 AUG 2010
Perpetual Limited reported full year net profits after tax of $90.5 million in the year to June, representing a 140 per cent increase on last year's result, and well above the company's previously issued guidance. The company's Private Wealth division ...

AvSuper takes legal action against big fund

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 19 AUG 2010
Canberra-based super fund AvSuper Pty Ltd (AvSuper) has lodged legal proceedings against Commonwealth Managed Investments Limited (CMIL) and Colonial First State Property Limited (CFSPL) over the meaning of an agreement regarding the super fund's entitlements ...

Retirees using super for lifestyle, not income streams

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 AUG 2010
Many retirees are unaware of what retirement products are and still see their nest egg's main purpose is to fund lifestyle needs, regardless of the industry-wide trend towards income streaming of retirement payments, reveals new research. The study ...

More planners bypass managed funds: study

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 17 AUG 2010
Fund managers are put on notice in a recent investment study that found a growing number of planners are placing their clients' funds into direct shares, ETFs, REITs and SMAs, leaving only a fraction of inflows into traditional managed funds. The survey ...

Asgard improves custody and corporate actions capacity

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 17 AUG 2010
Asgard unveiled a new online custodial shares and corporate actions solution yesterday, using its eWRAP Investment tool in an attempt to reduce paperwork and processing times for financial advisers Asgard hopes to streamline the administration of financial ...

FSC launches trustmark for consumers

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 12 AUG 2010
AMP, AXA, Colonial First State and ING are among the Financial Services Council members that will have to comply with a new set of standards set by the FSC, following the launch of its consumer-centric "trustmark". The FSC trustmark was launched today ...