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Fed policy options galore

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 AUG 2011
... offer fixed-term loans to banks at low or zero interest, with a wide range of private assets (including, among others, corporate bonds, commercial paper, bank loans, and mortgages) deemed eligible as collateral. Option 6. "...buy foreign government debt... ...

SPAA board appoints comms specialist

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2011
Robin Bowerman, Vanguard's current head of corporate affairs and market development, has been appointed to the SPAA board in what the association hopes will be an asset to its upcoming policy advocacy campaigns and membership drive. Bowerman, also a ...

Financial services turn to Twitter

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 AUG 2011
... Many have now committed but, according to recent US research, the majority have fallen for Twitter over rival Facebook. Corporate Insight, a US based strategic marketing and consulting firm for the financial services industry has been monitoring the ...

Super keeping economy strong: ASFA

RACHEL DAVIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2011
... debt financing became unavailable or unaffordable for Australian companies. Super played an important role in assisting corporate Australia to lower corporate risk during the GFC. "Superannuation is not just invested in listed shares; and that's useful ...

SMSFs exposed in related party transactions

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 16 AUG 2011
... length, a superannuation legal expert has said. Maria Siu, special counsel on Superannuation for Townsends Business and Corporate Lawyers, said there had been renewed interest in super fund borrowing as SMSFs become more sophisticated. This can give ...

Super funds want a cost-benefit analysis on disclosure

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2011
... funds want a cost-benefit analysis done on the merits of disclosing their investments in response to a new push by the corporate regulator for greater transparency in the industry. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) wants the ...

Trading volatility can protect portfolio from big swings

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2011
... performed. "Assets moved in proportion to their betas," he said. "US stocks went down, emerging markets went down even more, corporate bonds went down - but not as much - and Treasury bonds rose," he said. "But what else went up in 2008?" "Gold went ...

Large super funds 'obstruct' withdrawals

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2011
... this morning. "In an ideal world a transfer should take no more than 30 days," said Tony Negline, general manager of corporate strategy for SMSF deed services provider SUPERCentral. "In practice many of them are taking a lot longer than that." Negline ...

Bond broker targets WA planners

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2011
... under advice, will give WA planners access to short term products such as bank bills, term deposits, government and corporate bonds and hybrid securities. "West Australia has the strongest economy in the nation and that is likely to continue with the ...

VicSuper nabs three sustainability awards

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2011
... announced the winners yesterday in Sydney, with the independent judging panel assessing company's efforts to address their corporate, social and environmental responsibilities. AGL Energy was the overall winner for the best sustainability report award ...