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US Congress passes Wall Street reforms

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUL 2010
US Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner said the Dodd-Frank reforms approved by the US Congress this week will ensure that banks, not taxpayers, will pay for future bank failures, and protect consumers from Wall Street greed. Yesterday the 'Wall Street Reform ...

Nationwide signs Mercer for asset consulting

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUL 2010
Nationwide Superannuation Fund has signed Mercer as its asset consultant as the fund considers moving to a full implementation style asset consulting relationship. The five-year deal with Mercer follows a tender process that included six other asset ...

US pension plan deficits rise in June

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUL 2010
Pension plan deficits of S&P1500 reached $510 billion at the end of the financial year, just $1 billion shy of the previous deficit record set in January 2009, according to a new report. Mercer's survey found the pension plan deficit had widened by ...

CFD health check prompts more oversight

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUL 2010
The regulator has stepped up its monitoring of the contract for difference (CFD) market and proposed new measures to improve the market's transparency, following a study that found consumers are still confused about the risks when trading CFDs. The ...

Omega hires Vanguard exec

PRESS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUL 2010
Specialist fixed income manager Omega Global Investors has appointed former Vanguard executive Shan Kwee as portfolio manager. Kwee will be responsible for portfolio construction and management, system design and development, attribution analysis, risk ...

MLC to drop Aviva insurance brand

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 12 JUL 2010
In line with the terms of the sale of the Aviva insurance business and platform to NAB last year, the bank's insurance arm MLC will rename the acquired business' popular insurance product Aviva Protectionfirst to MLC Protectionfirst, effective October ...

Ascalon and Regal form partnership

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUL 2010
Boutique incubator Ascalon Capital Managers will buy a 30 per cent stake in Regal Funds Management - a deal that will also see Ascalon provide Regal with sales and marketing support, among other services. The partnership agreement will see Ascalon buy ...

Bored with half-empty glasses

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUL 2010
So what do we make of the equity markets now -- Now that some positive news appear to be slowly weaving their way into the headlines. Or is it just that financial market spin doctors have grown bored of staring down half empty glasses. Australian and ...

Central plank of Cooper Review is MySuper

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 5 JUL 2010
Following a year-long study on the efficiency of the superannuation system, the Cooper Review panel recommended the Government introduce a new default fund option for the masses to be called 'MySuper', a simple solution with dramatic consequences. The ...

Ban insurance commissions in super: Cooper

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 5 JUL 2010
Commissions should be banned on all insurance products in super, including group risk and personal insurance, according to the Cooper Review's final report. Members can generally access insurance through super, and they continue to have cover without ...