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Best laid plan

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2009
"Don't worry, I've got a plan," Ben Bernanke, the US Federal Reserve chair, reassured the US Congress. The longer I observe the financial markets, the more confused (amused?) I get. When equities and commodities went on their upward trek starting in ...

SWF Institute opens trading platform

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2009
The Sovereign Wealth Fund Institute has launched a confidential trading platform that allows some of the biggest institutional investors to trade assets. Wholly owned by the institute, the Imbourse platform provides capital introduction between buyers ...

Planners prepare for retirement shock

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2009
For all the debate on adviser fees, the future of planners might actually hinge on their soft skills and how well they serve the most influential generation of our time - the baby boomers - predicts a planning expert. Paul McKeon, founder of a business ...

Look past asset classes: Weaven

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2009
The time has come for institutional investors to look past asset classes and seek good value assets with robust revenue streams when implementing their post-GFC investment strategy, said Garry Weaven, chair of Industry Funds Management. Weaven, who ...

Prescriptive regulation is not the answer: Tanner

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2009
Future financial services regulation should be flexible to deal with new problems as they arise but not invasive or prescriptive, said Lindsay Tanner, minister for finance and deregulation. Speaking at the International Corporate Governance Network ...

UniSuper activates fair value clause

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2009
The $21 billion UniSuper has initiated a clause that allows trustees to reduce defined benefit members' benefits - if necessary - following the GFC to provide fair value payments. UniSuper announced online on 7 July that it had decided to initiate "Clause ...

The times they are a'changin

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2009
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times; it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness; it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity; it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness; it was the spring ...

Premium Investors outlines capital options

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2009
The Premium Investors board has put forward three resolutions including amending the firm's constitution and a further on-market buy back scheme to deal with capital management issues. The first proposal is to carry on with an off-market buy-back which ...

Can't swing it both ways

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2009
If it were not so serious, I would think that Wall Street's overnight fall was in commiseration to Michael's memorial. Have the green shoots withered and died and are now being buried alongside MJ? The S&P 500 fell by two 2 per cent, the Dow was off ...

Tasplan signs UN PRI

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2009
The $1.2 billion Tasplan has become the first Tasmanian superannuation fund to become a signatory to the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UNPRI). "The Board recognise the importance of considering environmental, social and governance ...