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Pay performance fees only, says $220b fund

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 14 DEC 2010
... to "real estate" (which includes infrastructure) and 4 per cent to "inflation" (commodities and inflation protected securities).

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 DEC 2010
The Australian market is receiving strongly positive leads from offshore trading overnight, with all key securities indices higher, along with precious and base metals and oil. On the ASX 24 at 0711 AEDT, the December share price index futures contract ...

Banc of America Securities charged with fraud

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 13 DEC 2010
US corporate watchdog SEC has charged Banc of America Securities with fraud for its part in an effort to rig bids relating to the investments of municipal securities. The bank has agreed to pay more than $36 million in disgorgement and interest to settle ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 DEC 2010
The Australian market is receiving mixed leads from offshore trading overnight, with securities indices mixed, whilst precious metals and oil were lower. The US dollar rose. On the ASX 24 at 0619 AEDT, the December share price index futures contract ...

Transition mgmt takes centre stage

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 DEC 2010
... to be named, said that when super funds merge, fixed income portfolios tend to be liquidated because the underlying securities and strategies can be so different. But for long only equity portfolios, positions are often consolidated and transferred across ...

ASX lodges defence for SGX pairing

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 7 DEC 2010
The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) sends its strongest signal yet that it will push through its plans to merge with the Singapore Exchange, commissioning a report that outlined why the match makes sense. ASX engaged Access Economics to examine ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 DEC 2010
... points, with 11,458 contracts traded. Around six stocks had risen for every decline on the S&P/ASX50 at noon. Austock Securities senior client adviser Michael Heffernan said local stocks were buoyed by strong prices for gold and other metals overnight ...

60 Minutes deception

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 DEC 2010
... money supply is not changing in any significant way. What we're doing is lowering interest rates by buying treasury securities. And by lowering interest rates, we hope to stimulate the economy to grow faster. So, the trick is to find the appropriate ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 6 DEC 2010
... AEDT, the December share price index futures contract was four points higher at 4,715. In economics news on Monday, TD Securities and the Melbourne Institute release their inflation gauge for November, and ANZ Banking Group issues its job advertisements ...

ASIC slaps tough penance for fin services misconduct

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 3 DEC 2010
... sentenced to four years and six months imprisonment on 25 insider trading related charges brought by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). Making national headlines, the judge presiding over the case blamed the financial services ...