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Back to school on finance

BlackRock's chief executive Laurence Fink and his wife Lori have donated US$10 million to UCLA to fund academic research that could help explain the changing world of finance post sub-prime. Fink is an alumnus of UCLA and is currently the chair of UCLA's ...

AustSafe launches Super Personal

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2008
AustSafe Super has launched its self employed and small business super product, AustSafe Super Personal, to strengthen its position in rural and regional areas. The fund provides the same investment strategies, fees structure, insurance cover and access ...

Tasplan uses ant mascot as Gen Y magnet

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 21 APR 2008
Tasplan has formed a new line of attack against superannuation illiteracy - introducing Superant, the new animated mascot that helps young Australians engage with their super. Developed by Blue Rocket Productions, Superant snags the leading role in ...

LPTs in bargain bin

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 18 APR 2008
Investors have a once in a ten year opportunity to invest in listed property as prices reach rock bottom, said a specialist boutique investment manager. Speaking at the 2008 Skandia Roadshow in Sydney this morning, SG Hiscock & Company director Stephen ...

Rents to jump 50 pct, inflation to hit 4 pct

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2008
Australian residential property is overvalued and primed for a price correction, according the International Monetary Fund (IMF), meanwhile housing supply is in such demand that rents are projected to jump 50 per cent. The rental price jump predicted ...

Market bottom approaches, recovery expected soon

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2008
... media noise because "the earnings and profitability of [US] companies are very high, and their balance sheets solid as a rock." "Exports are making a positive contribution to US economic growth thanks to the weak dollar and robust growth in Asia. Additional ...

FSA changes practices after Northern Rock

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2008
... overhauled its staffing and reviewing methods after an internal investigation found it failed to properly review Northern Rock's liquidity crisis. In February, Newcastle-based Northern Rock sought financial aid from the Bank of England after the firm ...

That's life, four pillars to stay forever

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2008
... analysis may not have considered the opportunity costs of those infuriating kinks you get when the hose gets caught on a rock. The report will obviously have to be rewritten. As for Heritage Listing the sky in NSW, no wonder Prime Minister Kevin Rudd ...

Let the sub-prime post-mortem begin

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2008
Postmortem into what caused the sub-prime fiasco is pointing the finger at the investment banks, hedge funds and even the apparent hero Dr Greenspan. The main problem, according to a just-released book titled The Trillion Dollar Meltdown: Easy Money ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 FEB 2008
... highs, led by banks on hopes of higher dividends and after the government decided to nationalise stricken lender Northern Rock. The FTSE 100 climbed 159.0 points, or 2.75 per cent, to 5,946.6 to reverse a 1.6 per cent fall in the previous session. FRANKFURT ...