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Push for redemption freeze lifts: PASL

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2009
... a halt on redemptions. Kessell said the decision to act was a matter of good corporate governance. "The Trustee of PASL places a high value on its fiduciary duties and on acting in the best interests of its members. For this reason, we submitted a redemption ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2009
... index for May is due. In company news, the Australian National Retailers Association Retail Nation 2009 conference take places, with speakers including Woolworths Ltd chief executive Michael Luscombe and David Jones Ltd chief executive Mark McInnes. ...

New chapter for DST Global Solutions

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2009
... about, in terms of positioning ourselves as clearly a global provider. It doesn't just mean we've got offices in various places but that we have a global focus in terms of our customers," he said. Along with the re-branding, the group will also be developing ...

Jobless rate in perspective

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2009
... tackle skill shortages in the state. This ranged from providing accommodation allowances to providing additional training places, to investing in a job matching service. How can the same number 5.2 per cent give two completely opposing meanings? It was ...

Cost of share trading spikes

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2009
... highlighted that average trading costs varied widely in the Asia Pacific region. India, China and Korea shares were the cheapest places to trade with an average trading cost of around 20bp. In contrast, trading shares in Japan, Malaysia and Indonesia ...

Mandate to the Future

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2009
... "It's pricing in the worst, if you like, so if we're going to put risk on the table, that feels like one of the better places to put it right now." But the fund's debt portfolio looks to be the exception than the rule with the fund happy to wait for ...

Obama: he's the man

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2009
... sweatshops and settled the West; endured the lash of the whip and ploughed the hard earth. For us, they fought and died, in places like Concord and Gettysburg; Normandy and Khe Sahn. Time and again these men and women struggled and sacrificed and worked ...

All I want for Christmas is a job

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2008
... trough. The 1990/91 recession saw 1.6 million jobs go; in 1982, more than 2.8 million heads rolled and in 1974, 2.1 million places vanished. Furthermore, this is one of those rare occasions where government spending is being spent to replenish run-down ...

Asgard and IOOF add Patriot funds

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2008
... their business to advisers, the little publicised Aussie equities boutique Patriot Asset Management's products have won places on Asgard and IOOF's platforms. Melbourne-based Patriot is part of the Fisher Graham Group and specialises in Australian equities. ...

VFMC unveils 2009 strategies

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2008
... team's ability to steer VFMC from troubled waters. "It is a very ambitious target, not something we've seen in too many places. But it's a challenge that we as an investment team are very excited about."