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Rising risks in liquidity

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2009
Member investment choice (MIC), Lost Super and the 30-day portability rule are just three of many "hidden" variables that further complicates liquidity risk management for many super funds, said Howard Rosario, chief executive of Westscheme. Speaking ...

Billionaire faces insider trading noose

SEC RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2009
... Capital, an Intel subsidiary and Anil Kumar of Saratoga, California - a director at McKinsey & Company. Mark Kurland of Mount Kisco - a senior managing director and general partner at New Castle, Robert Moffat of Ridgefield, Connecticut - a senior vice ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2009
The Australian sharemarket had extended its gains by noon, boosted by banking and commodity stocks, and following a positive lead from world markets overnight. At 1211 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 42.3 points, or 0.89 per cent, at 4,782.1 ...

Expect the unexpected

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2009
Caution removes caution. Just as the G-20 announced their caution in removing the fiscal and monetary crutch until the global economy is walking on its own, the word 'cautiously' in the 'cautiously optimistic' is fast disappearing in many an investment ...

The Venus solution

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2009
Like everywhere else around the globe, Japan's equity markets have rebounded from the extreme pessimism that marked the low point of the global financial crisis back in March 2009. At the end of August, the Nikkei-225 index has risen by 48.7 per cent ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2009
The Australian share market is likely to open slightly higher as Wall Street street edged higher on positive economic data to record an eighth consecutive gain. At 0730 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was ...

Dixon and van Eyk stand-off

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2009
Tension mounts between ASX-listed firm van Eyk Three Pillars (VTP) and Dixon Advisory as a proposal to replace the entire VTP board due to poor performance escalates into a bigger debate about how, exactly, should Listed Investment Companies (LIC) maximise ...

ASIC targets another MIS scheme

ASIC RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2009
... which will assist in the protection of investors' interests. In a separate MIS case, ASIC has banned Nancy Karin Keep of Mount Waverley, Victoria, from providing financial services for five years. ASIC's investigation found that she engaged in misleading ...

Loaded one-way bet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2009
... of July mark the seventh moon of 2009 as the return of the bulls? Or will it mark when the bears built up the courage to mount a comeback? Normally I would have said, it doesn't matter. Whatever happens in July stays in July - or in August, September ...

Ways to go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2009
"The government is not contemplating another round of cash payments," Australian Federal Treasurer Wayne Swan told the Australian Broadcasting Corp. (ABC) early this week. This could be interpreted as either the Australian Government does not want to ...