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May go away

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2011
Uh-oh, this is the last day for equity investors to decide whether or not to "sell in May and go away". An article Reuters published on 27 April reminded me so. In it, Reuters wrote, "Jeffrey Hirsch, publisher of the Stock Trader's Almanac, offers some ...

C'mon, Aussie, c'mon

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2011
Want a growth stock, a real growth stock? Look no further than our very own Australian dollar. After hitting parity with the once mighty greenback back in October last year, it drowned when this year's floods devastated most of Queensland, parts of ...

Super exec pay on the table

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2011
Super fund chief investment officers are paid more than their chief executives, according to new research to be discussed at the Conference of Major Super Funds (CMSF) next week. The yet-to-be released report by McGuirk Management Consultants, a long-time ...

PAS mandate review completed

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAR 2011
Professional Associations Super (PAS) has undergone a full fund manager mandate review and adopted a new responsible framework after growing its asset base rapidly in the past two years. PAS has recorded a 36 per cent increase the last two years to ...

BT Wrap lends more aid to dealer groups

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 28 FEB 2011
Fund platform BT Wrap has upgraded its reporting tool to enhance the ability of its dealer groups to watch over 5000 advisers. The technological tweaks, which went live on February 21, enhance the Dealer Group DeskTop porfolio model launched last year. ...

New rules on bank liquidity clarified

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 28 FEB 2011
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has clarified its definition of liquid assets that the banking industry must hold from 2015. In the wake of the global financial crisis, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (Basel Committee) ...

Ahead of the pack

FINANCIAL STANDARD IS THE MEDIA PARTNER OF THE MFSS.  |  FRIDAY, 11 FEB 2011
Every industry needs game changers - a select crowd that stirs the pot or keeps raising the bar for everyone else. In financial services, they can be found within the ranks of the innovators and the pioneers. Early next month the Australian Centre for ...

AXA's North man joins NAB

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 1 FEB 2011
Andrew Barnett, the man who led the team behind AXA Asia Pacific's successful North platform and product range, has joined NAB this week to head up the bank's new retirement solutions team. Barnett, formerly head of structured solutions at AXA, has ...

Top mandate winners woo super funds

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 17 JAN 2011
Macquarie, Schroders and BlackRock were the top three top fund managers to win the most investment mandates last year, as Australia's $1.3 trillion superannuation industry gears up for more mandate deals this year, new research shows. The latest Rainmaker ...

Ipac improves 'soft dollar' register disclosure

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 25 NOV 2010
AXA-owned ipac Securities has briefed its call centre staff to make its register of alternative remuneration for planners available to members of the public, after a staff member failed to do so following a request. A spokesperson for ipac said the ...