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Bank blocks pension gold

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 21 FEB 2011
Central bank De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB) ordered Dutch pension fund SPVG to reduce its investment in gold from 13 per cent of its portfolio to three per cent or less. SPVG, the pension fund of glassworks company Vereenigde Glasfabrieken, has been given ...

Small Companies fund bags three stars

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 FEB 2011
The Pre Select Australian Small Companies Fund, managed by MLC, has been awarded a three star rating by Standard & Poor's after more than six months 'on hold'. MLC replaced Mercer as principal investment adviser to the fund in July 2010 and the managerial ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 FEB 2011
The Australian market is receiving negative leads from offshore trading overnight, with Wall Street's key indices all clearly lower, along with oil, although precious metals were higher. On the ASX 24 at 0714 AEDT, the March share price index futures ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 FEB 2011
The Australian market has received mixed leads from offshore trading overnight, with Wall Street's key indices flat and mixed, precious metals higher, but oil was lower. On the ASX 24 at 0854 AEDT, the March share price index futures contract was seven ...

Catching its second wind

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 FEB 2011
What's this? More good news out of America and yet Wall Street went nowhere overnight? The Dow closed just a little bit (0.1 per cent) lower. The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq ended last night's session just a tad (0.1 per cent) higher. It was hilarious reading ...

Inflated inflation scare

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 FEB 2011
That dreaded "I" word is making a comeback into market players' psyche. Inflation is lurking just around the corner - at least for the developed economies. In the emerging ones, they've been trying to shoo evil inflation away as if almost forever. China ...

Treasury targets $18.8bn in lost super

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 7 FEB 2011
Draft legislation released by the Treasury on Friday has called for submissions regarding the use of tax file numbers (TFNs) on superannuation funds, a motion receiving mixed responses from the industry. The draft proposes to assign TFNs to identify ...

Trustees told to rethink ins cover strategies

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 3 FEB 2011
Super fund trustees warned to rethink cover strategies in light of the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) ruling regarding premiums paid by funds for insurance policies providing total and permanent disability (TPD) cover. The ATO general draft ruling ...

Speck of sand

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 FEB 2011
Trouble on the Nile? What trouble? Oh yes, all eyes are still glued to the evolving story about the political unrest. But after Friday night's knee jerk reaction on Wall Street, the temporary fear over the unfolding Egyptian saga proved just that... ...

Former adviser faces fraud charges

ASIC RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 27 JAN 2011
A former financial adviser is facing charges, including fraudulently obtaining client funds, after an investigation by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). Alan Leslie Brown, of Lugarno, New South Wales, has appeared on a total ...