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Tyndall seeks opportunity in loan market restructure

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 7 AUG 2012
... received. "We would always look at transactions that are senior but we'll be putting together portfolios of diverse corporate loans varying across entities, underlying collateral and geography. "It is more about drilling down and looking at sector derivative ...

Alternatives need new thinking: QIC

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2012
... discount rate whereas both equities and bonds do. "So, while bonds have been a good diversifier to equities when it's corporate earnings that have been under pressure, when the general economy has gone down, such as in the '70s where inflation hurt both ...

Super asset changes deliver positive return

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2012
... year returns are, however, depressed at only -0.3% p.a. Not-for-profit funds (industry funds, public sector funds and corporate funds), achieved median 12 month returns of +0.9% and corporate master trusts (funds run by banking and insurance groups) ...

Regulators on post-Trio watch

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 2 AUG 2012
Australia's corporate watchdog said it has learnt some lessons in the wake of the Trio fraud, and plans to be more proactive. While admitting that the Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC) could never guarantee that a similar scenario ...

No role for FWA in choosing default funds: CSSA

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2012
The Corporate Super Specialist Alliance has endorsed option 4 of the Productivity Commission's default super fund inquiry, namely that an independent expert panel and not Fair Work Australia should make default fund listing decisions. Gareth Hall, CSSA ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2012
... 19,796.81. But Shanghai was down 0.3 per cent, or 6.28 points, to 2,103.63, on fears the slowing domestic economy may hurt corporate earnings. WELLINGTON - The NZX 50 index rose 26.12 points or 0.74 per cent to 3545.01.

Lloyds Bank CM snaps up two former UBS FX heads

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 30 JUL 2012
Lloyds Bank Corporate Markets has expanded its global foreign exchange business, hiring two former UBS investment bank foreign exchange specialists. Paul Bernasconi and Nathan Pederson have joined, respectively, in the newly created roles of director ...

Asian trustee services in demand

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 30 JUL 2012
... REIT. "We are in a unique position to capitalise on these emerging trends," said David Grbin, executive general manager corporate client services. The Trust Company opened its Singapore office in 2006, and it has "proven to be a sound business investment," ...

ASIC boosts Stronger Super education program

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2012
... also dedicated a new super webpage that will provide information about the reforms and detail new requirements. The corporate watchdog is also proposing to release regulatory guidance on Strong Super at the end of this year. ASIC said it will consult ...

"Bad apples" slipping through the cracks: ASIC

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2012
The corporate regulator has put licensees on notice, saying there is growing concern that "bad apples" in the industry are slipping through the cracks because of poor reference checking when advisers swap between groups. At the Association of Financial ...