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Irish pensions suffer 25pc loss

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 6 APR 2009
Irish pension scheme assets axed nearly a quarter of its value in 2008 - losing nearly $38 billion to December last year. According to the latest Irish Association of Pension Funds' annual asset allocation survey, the assets of pension schemes in the ...

She'll be right mate

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 APR 2009
What a week...what a wonderful week! Most equity markets - from New York to Rio and Old London town - greeted the early buds of the Northern Hemisphere Spring with spring on their steps. Wall Street - as many others - marked their fourth straight week ...

CORRECTION: FT loses international prop manager

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2009
Franklin Templeton Investments' international property co-portfolio manager, Boris Pialloux, has left the firm prompting S&P Fund Services to place its three-star ratings Franklin International Property Fund and Property Income Fund on hold. Global ...

Make love not leverage

Financial Fools' Day is what some 4,000 anti-everything protesters dubbed the day when leaders of the G20 meet to hold a summit on 'how do we solve a problem like the GFC?' The protesters were railing against almost every issue known to man it seems. ...

NCSF to adopt weekly unit pricing

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2009
The $615 million National Catholic Superannuation Fund is ditching its monthly crediting rates for weekly unit pricing in a bid to increase transparency and execute faster reports on returns. NCSF will be looking to transition to the new reporting system ...

Caravan parks deliver high income

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 30 MAR 2009
Caravan park funds are shaping up to be a fresh option for financial planners looking for income-producing products after Aspen Parks Property fund returned more than eight per cent in income last year. According to the firm's December fund report ...

Bankwest cuts 400 staff

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 30 MAR 2009
Commonwealth Bank of Australia subsidiary, Bankwest, is to shed around 400 employees from the bank's operations but confirms the financial planning arm will not be affected. The bank is planning on making 250 redundancies in Western Australia and 150 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2009
The Australian share market is expected to open slightly higher after US stocks recovered late in the trading session on positive economic reports. Gold miners may gain on the rise in the precious metal and energy stocks may decline after the oil price ...

Fidelity India fund 'on hold'

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2009
Standard & Poor's has placed the Fidelity India fund 'on hold' after the firm replaced the fund's portfolio manager. Fidelity Investments Australia's review resulted in Teera Chanpongsang taking over responsibility of the fund from Arun Mehra. Chanpongsang ...

Not-for-profit super funds reign

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2009
Not-for-profit super funds have consistently beaten retail funds by an average 2.4 per cent per year over nearly a five year period - resulting in some retail funds' members getting around 40 per cent less in their final retirement benefits, new research ...