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We are the world

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2009
... toy models of Marine One - the President's helicopter. The Little O's received pretty little dresses from the UK's trendy Top Shop with matching necklaces and a selection of books by British authors. 'What an insult,' cried the British press. A faux ...

REST activates growth strategy

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2009
... opportunities that we expect to arise overtime." As a result of the growth/defensive split changes, Hill said the fund is looking to top up existing Aussie and international equities mandates where appropriate. "All we've done is increase some allocations ...

Vanguard launches ETFs in Oz

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2009
... 38 ETFs was more than US$45 billion - an 8 per cent increase over the previous year. Four of Vanguard's ETFs were among the top 20 best-selling in the industry (US) in 2008. Ian Alcock, Managing Director of Vanguard Australia, said the launch of ETFs ...

Pay to perform

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2009
... "The change flagged should put boards under notice - particularly those which are looking at awarding any of their outgoing top executives huge packages after shareholder wealth has been lost," said Dr Sam Kovacevic, an expert on executive remuneration ...

IMCA debates investment risk

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2009
The Investments Management Consultants Association (IMCA) Australia has invited the heads of various investment consulting firms, including overseas-based expert Don Ezra from Russell, to a roundtable discussion on investment risk to be held in Sydney ...

BUSS(Q) buys Aussie equities

RUTH LIEW AND MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2009
... O'Sullivan, chief executive of BUSS(Q), the fund is currently 3 per cent underweight Aussie equities. The fund is looking to top up mandates already handed out to their value-focussed managers because they are likely to generate outperformance from the ...

Governance indices create illusions: study

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2009
... introduced indices has not satisfactorily established that there is a causal relation between governance and performance." Some top performing companies having good governance doesn't mean it caused it, they argue, as companies with poor governance indices ...

NGS Super targets female fin lit

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2009
NGS Super has revamped its website targeting women members as part of a financial literacy campaign. "There is naturally a strong focus on financial education, particularly for women, who make up about 70 per cent of membership. This starts right on ...

Main Street versus Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2009
... Paris Hilton for personal security. In economics, we studied about the 'trickle down effect' where if you take care of the top, it trickles down to the rest of the population. Trouble for President Obama and AIG is teh reverse seems to be happening. ...

Doors open for new ETFs

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2009
... iShares is a major surprise given that the bank said the division is the core of their business. The company is one of the top three largest providers of ETFs in the world. The sector is also one of the few that did well despite the GFC, attracting around ...