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America's Eyjafjallajokull

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 APR 2010
While Eyjafjallajokull continues to spew ash, there may be a heavier fall-out when Goldman Sach's volcano explodes. Wall Street rose last night as companies reported better than expected earnings results. And guess which one stood out? Goldman Sachs! ...

Flip-flop

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAR 2010
Aren't you getting tired of this? Sick and tired of how Greek will be saved one day and left in ruins the next? It's come to such a confused state that the flip-flopping of news reports gives substance to the phrase, "it's all Greek to me!" Flip. Greek ...

Angel in the detail: Cooper's cost cutting measures

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAR 2010
Jeremy Cooper, head of the Super System Review, estimates super funds can save up to $1 billion in costs by doing little things that add up to mean a lot. Speaking at the Conference of Major Super Funds (CSMF) yesterday, Cooper detailed the 'super stream' ...

La de da de da

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAR 2010
"The beat goes on...la de da de da." (Cher) The beat of mixed data that is, but Wall Street is seeing the silver lining in the dark clouds this time. First stop and the most important for the US economy - the consumer. Their personal income rose by ...

New board directors for HESTA

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2010
Australia's biggest industry super fund for health and community services has appointed three new directors to its board. HESTA Super Fund's new appointees are Maree O'Halloran, a lawyer and director of NSW's Welfare Rights Centre; Prue Power, executive ...

Trichet to the rescue

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2010
"Efxaristo para poli!" That's Greek for thank you very much. What in the world could possibly make European Central Bank President (ECB) Jean-Claude Trichet abandoned the summer sunshine in Sydney - and the company of the 23 other central representatives ...

Property funds under green watch

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2010
Three European pension funds with more than $500 billion in assets are using their investment muscle to force property companies and fund managers to stay on top of their environmental policies, following the release of a new green property benchmark. ...

... and transparency strategy to benefit Aussie funds

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2010
Three leading placement agents in Australia have filed a joint submission to the Cooper Review, stressing that the system in Australia is more transparent and markedly different to the US. The California Public Employees' Retirement System, one of the ...

Applications open for investment consulting program

IMCA ANNOUNCEMENT  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2010
IMCA Australia is now taking applications for the Certified Investment Management (CIMA) program, which begins in September this year. The course is made up of two components, an independent study program (Level 1) and a residential program and examination ...

FBI hunts down bank fraudsters

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2009
The US has teamed up with Egypt in one of the largest crackdowns on cyber fraud - resulting in 100 people linked to an international "phishing" operation charged for trying to defraud American banks. According to a press statement from the Federal Bureau ...