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BT, MLC rocket up the super charts

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2011
BT and MLC have shot up in the performance satisfaction retail standings thanks to huge lifts in the proportion of their satisfied customers, according to Roy Morgan's latest Superannuation Satisfaction Report. The report is based on interviews with ...

Volcker Rule could slash Wall Street incomes 25%

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2011
Legislation in the US to rein in investment banks' ability for market making that goes against clients best interests, is proving to be more complicated than first thought. The proposal, known as the 'Volcker Rules', were proposed by economist and former ...

Sydney's financial centre ranking slips five places

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 27 SEP 2011
Australia's push to become a significant regional financial centre appears to have stalled following the latest Global Financial Centre Index report that shows while Australia is improving its credentials, other cities are improving theirs more quickly. ...

Harvard defies critics with 21% return

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2011
Harvard Management Company, the entity that manages Harvard Endowment Fund's assets, has again defied its critics and posted a stunning 21.4% return for the 12 months to end June 2011, bringing their 20-year average annual return to almost 13%. The ...

US adviser fiduciary rule stalls

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2011
Concerns that the US Department of Labor's new definition of fiduciary duty for financial advisers is too demanding has prompted the retirement savings regulator to re-initiate industry discussions, a process that some believe may take up to two years. ...

FUM market slides back to $1.4tr

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 13 SEP 2011
Funds under management overseen by investment managers slid back 1.7% during the June quarter to come to rest at $1.411 trillion, the first negative growth quarter since the same time last year. The slow growth dampened 12 month FUM growth to 5.3% ...

Mandiri open for Australian insto business

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2011
Investors looking to Asian opportunities invariably focus almost exclusively on China but Indonesian investment managers are making a case that their country is in an early phase of the economic development cycle and represents opportunities just as ...

Investors look for business activity signals

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2011
Investors able to separate stock price volatility signals from a company's underlying business activity will find the Australian share market a fertile place, said Goldman Sachs yesterday in an upbeat assessment of the local bourse. Dion Hershan, Goldman ...

Obama punts on US$300bn jobs package

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2011
US president Barrack Obama has defied critics who thought his climbdown last month with Congress over the debt ceiling would make him gun-shy, by proposing a jobs stimulus package that is nearly as big as the entire Australian commonwealth annual budget. ...

Inflation not currency worrying the RBA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2011
Anyone who thinks the Reserve Bank was about to cave into pressure for lower interest rates to take pressure of the AUD should read their rates decision statement from yesterday because it seems they were closer to lifting them than they were to lowering ...