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ASIC adjusts redemption rules to help pensioners

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2008
Financial watchdog ASIC said it may offer exemptions to existing government rules on 'frozen' mortgage funds that will allow mortgage fund operators to release funds to unitholders based on 'hardship grounds'. This relief will apply on a case-by-case ...

Top guns tackle industry challenges

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2008
They don't have the answer for world peace but five young investment professionals were lauded this week for their papers that offer solutions to the challenges that have long confounded the investment industry. Renee Knapp, a senior claims consultant ...

October mourn

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2008
Financial market trading activity in October ended as it began - with so much volatility. Investors' consensus interpretation of economic reports, government announcements and central bank decisions determined entry and exit into equities, currencies ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2008
The Australian sharemarket was just over one per cent lower at noon with the major miners weighing on the market following a fall in commodity prices overnight. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 was down 53.7 points, or 1.34 per cent, at 3947.4 ...

It's the war, stupid

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2008
In this current investment environment where fear reigns and uncertainty rules, it's the war that is lending a helping hand. The US Federal Reserve was unable to appease Wall Street yesterday with its 50 basis point reduction in the fed funds rate. ...

PIS campaign to reflect change

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2008
Professional Investment Services (PIS) is rolling out a new marketing campaign to reflect how much the business has grown over the last 10 years. PIS, which is the largest non-aligned dealer group in the country with more than $20 billion in funds under ...

FIIG opens term deposit site

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2008
Investors can make better informed decisions about their cash investments after FIIG Securities opened a term deposit comparison website. Termdeposit.com.au can find the best term deposit rate from more than 40 providers, allowing people to invest directly ...

Private equity crunch

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2008
Super funds will be forced to revalue their private equity investments as the global financial crisis hits private equity growth on not one but three fronts: business valuation, earnings growth and ability to service debt. Private equity fund of funds ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2008
The Australian share market is expected to open strongly today after Wall Street experienced its second-largest point gain on record and Asian markets also surged. At 0800 AEDT, the December Share Price Index futures contract on the Sydney Futures Exchange ...

Conviction where it counts

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2008
Active managers are paid to make big calls outside the benchmark and fund manager Nicholas Applegate did just that before the bottom fell out of Wall Street. Pedro Marcal, who is second in command to US-based chief investment officer and managing director ...