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Limboland

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 AUG 2012

FSC super governance policy forces independence

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 27 AUG 2012
... FSC members after the same date, 2014. While not included in the draft, the FSC has also extended its standard on proxy voting, making it applicable to superannuation funds. Before, the standard only applied to fund managers. This means licensees will ...

Fall on the Wall

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2012
... program of buying assets, or quantitative easing, is warranted. So there! QE's come and gone! Then again, Mr. Bullard's not a voting member of the FOMC - he's not one of the twelve apostles that hold the fate of humankind on his right hand. Likewise ...

Fed's about to go... or not?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2012
... minutes of the Fed's 31 July-1 August FOMC meeting. One of the telling signs, it seems, is that 11 of the 12 apostles - the voting members - of the US Federal Reserve voted for this "action" with only Judas... errr, sowee I meant Federal Reserve Bank ...

Blahs take the blues away

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2012
... what we expected at the beginning of the year," he said. "I think it's time to swim to shore." Never mind that he's not a voting member of the Fed's Federal Open Market Committee, that'll do. Works for me too. While I agree with QE dissenters that organic ...

A question of survival

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2012
... will survive are those willing to reinvent their business. Fund managers will either sink or swim, because clients are voting with their feet, said John James, managing director, Vanguard investments. James was speaking yesterday as part of a panel discussion ...

AMP Capital, Macquarie internalise infra JV

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 31 JUL 2012
... internalisation will be $41 million. Completion of the proposal is conditional upon a minimum 50% approval by DUET's security holders voting at a general meeting expected to be held in late October 2012. The consideration will be used to subscribe for ...

Industry funds ride SMSF wave

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2012
... two-year timeline is realistic. "There has been a material increase in assets managed through the platform so members are voting with their feet," Dunbar said. "The second theme is the level of interest coming from the market in adopting this type of ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2012
... at $22.04 after the company confirmed it plans to split into two separate publicly traded companies. The company's non-voting scrip lifted 29 cents, or 1.3 per cent, to $21.84. Fairfax Media was flat at 54 cents after Gina Rinehart's bid for seats on ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUN 2012
... the US that the company's board had approved the split of its entertainment and publishing divisions. The company's non-voting scrip had risen 59 cents, or 2.75 per cent, to $22.02. Cameron Securities client adviser Adrian Leppinus said any proposed ...