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Subscriber-pays ratings approach more critical: van Eyk

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2010
Research houses that are not paid by fund managers for their product ratings are 2.4 times more likely to critically assess the performance of those managers, said van Eyk chief executive, Mark Thomas. In a speech to the Rainmaker Marketing Symposium ...

Cards for houses

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 AUG 2010
Houses continue to burn in America. Yes Virgie, we learned yesterday that no one wanted to buy old houses (existing homes) in the States after the government stopped giving would-be homeowners free money. Last night, we found out that neither were they ...

Home trouble

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 AUG 2010
... disappointing US housing data. Latest figures from the National Association of Realtors has again proved the phrase "safe as houses" wrong -- as it had during America's housing meltdown of 2007-2008. Horrendous! Terrible! Shockingly disappointing! Take ...

REST Super taps Asia directly

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 24 AUG 2010
... HOSTPLUS, also made a business trip to China to meet with regulators, investment management firms and state-owned investment houses.

Bending it like Bernanke

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 AUG 2010
... Bloomberg reports that homebuyers are engaging in what real estate professionals call "buy and bail." Americans are "buying" houses before they "bail" on their existing mortgages -- which would surely ruin their credit ratings. This is considered fraudulent ...

Trustees address 'young' elephant in the room

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 AUG 2010
... very hard to engage the 20s and the 30-somethings because super savings aren't on top of their priority list. "They've got houses and cars to think about," she said. Solution? Just don't mention the 'R' word: retirement. "They're not thinking about retirement ...

Staff departures prompt rating changes

S&P REPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 AUG 2010
Fewer fund managers left their investment houses during the second quarter of the year but those who did were more far important than those who left three months earlier. The Standard & Poor's Musical Chairs: Fund Managers on the Move report found 11 ...

Aubrey opens local fund

PRESS RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUL 2010
... the fund is attracting strong interest from multi-manager funds and dealer groups. "We have begun working with research houses and expect to receive the first Australian rating later this year," said Burgess. Aubrey was founded in 2006 by staff from ...

House call

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUL 2010
... spending picks up, sales pick up. More profits, more investments, more... And then employed Americans will think of buying houses again.

World peace

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 JUN 2010
... time, advanced countries must send a clear message that as our stimulus plans expire, we will focus on getting our fiscal houses in order." In the end, the G-20 agreed to meet halfway by "Following through on fiscal stimulus and communicating growth ...