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Manage your retirement: Greenspan

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2007
... Government social security and Medicare liabilities would be hard to meet and baby boomers worldwide needed to be more active in their retirement preparations. Dr Greenspan was the keynote speaker at the Million Dollar Round Table (MDRT) Boomertirement ...

Vanguard puts case for passive-active allocation

... leading index manager Vanguard has put forward the case for a portfolio construction model that invests around 40 per cent in active strategies. In a whistlestop visit to Australia, Nelson Wicas, a US based principal at Vanguard's asset allocation division ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2007
... steady as investors remained cautious in the lead up to the announcement of China's economic growth data. Prices rose on active demand for mainland lenders before China CITIC Bank's initial public offering, which has sparked strong interest. The benchmark ...

Market Wrap - morning

... steady as investors remained cautious in the lead up to the announcement of China's economic growth data. Prices rose on active demand for mainland lenders before China CITIC Bank's initial public offering, which has sparked strong interest. The benchmark ...

BlackRock accumulating mandates

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2007
... Scheme (LGSS) and an $80m mandate from TASPLAN. LGSS assigned $470 million to BlackRock in the form of an Australian equity active-extension mandate, while TASPLAN handed over $80 million as a 150/50 long-short mandate. Ken Liow, head of quantitative ...

Portfolio Partners offsets co2 with tree-planting program

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2007
Portfolio Partners has announced a partnership with CO2 Australia to sequester its greenhouse gas emissions by planting mallee eucalyptus trees in NSW and Victoria. Working to offset the estimated 680 tonnes in carbon emissions the company produces ...

NSW Govt to launch biodiversity fund

Private land owners and property developers are set to benefit from an innovative NSW Government scheme which allows both parties to address the biodiversity impact of any land development through a centralised offset and credit-based scheme. The brainchild ...

Attitude determines financial altitude: Plum

Forget financial literacy. Leading superannuation advice specialist Plum found that attitudes to money are more critical than financial education when trying to get the message across. Plum's senior education development consultant, Michelle Brown ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 2 APR 2007
... decision which was well received by unionists and manufacturers as well as legislators. The US Senate has been increasingly active for the last couple of years in bringing pressure to bear on the Chinese authorities to at least appreciate their overly ...

Super funds hunting grounds for criminals

Super funds are increasingly becoming the target of organised crime and white-collar fraudsters, according to Peter Morris, director of KPMG Forensic. Speaking at the Conference of Major Superannuation Funds (CMSF), Morris said super funds are becoming ...