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One in four retail fund members to switch: CHOICE

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 AUG 2010
... in June showed 23 per cent of retail fund members said they were considering a switch - compared with 9 per cent of corporate fund clients, 7 per cent of industry fund respondents and 4 per cent in public sector funds. "Ironically, a constant frustration ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 AUG 2010
... European stock markets closed narrowly mixed, consolidating sharp gains made the previous day on the back of strong corporate results led by the banks and better-than-expected US data. Dealers said there was no surprise in some profit-taking given the ...

Mandatory trustee pay disclosure draws debate

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUL 2010
... Consultants, said pay disclosure is long overdue but stressed there's a difference between the trustee model and the corporate model. According to McGuirk's 2009 research surveying around 100 super funds, a super fund chief executive gets paid around ...

Sovereign keeps overweight to distressed debt

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUL 2010
... funds, global private equity, event-driven hedge funds and special situations managers. The firm has many of industry and corporate funds and master trust clients on a project or retainer basis. King said appetite for specialist alternatives research ...

Fidelity's Bolton eyes small to mid-size China stocks

PRESS RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUL 2010
... authorities like to create 'champions', this will provide positive opportunities for investors over the longer-term, although corporate governance and policy risk are still a concern within some companies." However, Bolton fears the Chinese government's ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUL 2010
... profit-taking as the safe-haven yen firmed and US markets fell overnight, but sentiment was generally positive ahead of corporate earnings reports, dealers said. The benchmark Nikkei index of the Tokyo Stock Exchange lost 52.85 points to 9,700.42. HONG ...

Australian ESG expert claims world-first

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUL 2010
... ethical performance analysis of companies. The certification is overseen by the Brussels-based Association of Independent Corporate Sustainability and Responsibility Research (AI CSRR), which to date have accredited 16 European-based ESG researchers ...

Coalition details stance on commissions

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUL 2010
... between our approaches," he said. This comes after Chris Bowen, minister for financial services, superannuation and corporate law, challenged opposition finance spokesperson, Andrew Robb, to provide detail of their superannuation policy last night on ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUL 2010
... or 0.11 per cent, to 3,670.36 points. TOKYO - Japanese shares surged ahead Wednesday with sentiment buoyed by solid corporate earnings from electronics maker Canon and a slightly weaker yen that boosted the outlook for exporters. The benchmark Nikkei ...

No double dip recession: Fidelity

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUL 2010
Paul Taylor, head of Australian equities at Fidelity International, does not expect the world economy to experience a double dip recession but is positioning investment portfolios for lower global growth. Taylor said the chance of a global double dip ...