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DC pension risk reviews flawed

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2008
... number given the Pensions Regulator highlighted back in April 2007 the imperative need for those involved in running DC plans to understand the risks involved in DC and for them to take action to mitigate these risks," he said. However, the tide is turning ...

Challenger goes public

THE SHEET  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2008
... profile. The Rating Watch will be resolved when the joint venture has been finalised and Fitch has reviewed Origin's business plans. At the same time, Fitch affirmed the 'BBB+/F2' ratings assigned to New Zealand subsidiary, Contact Energy, and removed ...

SMSFs maintain investment strategy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2008
... before investing their excess cash, but it's significant to note that two thirds intend to keep their long term investment plans untouched," said Brian Delaney, AMP Capital Investors business director of client, product and marketing. SMSFs are still ...

Astarra joins Deloitte online service

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2008
... service includes more than 100,000 users worldwide. Specifically, Deloitte RSE Online will be used to manage compliance plans on issue and breach registers, risk management information, conflict of interest registers and fit & proper information. The ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2008
... weaker at noon, with the financial sector leading the losses following investment bank Lehman Brothers' announcement of plans to sell off key assets after posting more losses. Wall Street rose marginally overnight, while oil, gold and silver continued ...

Pengana wins ex-Rubicon investors

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2008
... capital structure arbitrage among others. "Most of our clients are offshore fund of funds, sovereign wealth funds or pension plans. Pengana seeded us with $2 million [but] we currently have an investor who was with us at Rubicon to invest roughly $4 ...

Austock curbs expansion plans

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2008
Austock Group's business restructure continues after it posted full year profits down 27 per cent to $8.1 million - although the group is partly redeemed by its $33 million in cash reserves, zero operations in stock lending and better-than-expected ...

Rate cut? maybe not

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2008
... in the June quarter after a small 0.12 per cent gain the first three months of 2008. More important, capital expenditure plans for 2007/08 is up 11.4 per cent from the 2006/07 estimate and expected investment for 2008/09 is 26.2 per cent higher than ...

IAG and NRMA outsources super admin

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2008
... buying requirements of trustees and employers. "IAG and NRMA are leading the increasing number of corporate superannuation plans who want to reduce the burden and risk of operating their own plan, while increasing the competitiveness for the ultimate ...

Deutsche smashes Euro ETF market

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 26 AUG 2008
... the clear leader in terms of assets inflow," said Thorsten Michalik, Deutsche Bank head of db x-trackers. Deutsche Bank plans to expand its x-tracker business to Asia, across Japan, Hong Kong and Singapore in the next four months. "With our product range ...