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US fund managers say long term, trade short term

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAR 2010
A US-based study has found many US fund managers are churning their portfolio more often than they said they would - giving new evidence that short-termism is rife and long-termism is just lip service for many. The study found nearly two thirds of institutionally ...

Penny for Benny's thoughts

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2010
Beep...beep...beep. Should have just slept in this morning given the bo-ring action on Wall Street overnight. "U.S. Stocks Retreat as Commodity Shares Drop, Banks Advance" was the headline on Bloomberg as it tried to justify the 0.1 per cent slip - ...

Baby steps

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2010
Tiger and the Fed - no not Roger -- were the weekend's biggest news. "I am deeply sorry for my irresponsible and selfish behaviour," Tiger apologised to the world to try to get normality back into his life - not to mention to get endorsement juices ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2010
Australian shares are likely to open higher on Monday led by Wall Street and after gains among commodity and metal prices. At 0726 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price index contract was 58 points higher at 4,666 points. In economic ...

More funds adopt intra-fund advice

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2010
Super funds are racing to get the government's rubberstamp on intra-fund advice relief - with AvSuper, Plum and HESTA among those that already offer, or about to offer, the expanded advice service to their members. AvSuper received the authorisation ...

ASIC proposal exposes investors to default risk

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2009
The regulator's proposed listed corporate bond market has been welcomed by the industry but one bond manager warned its timing could pose a risk to retail investors. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) is proposing to develop ...

Computershare to challenge industry incumbents

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2009
Computershare is using its tried-and-tested template in providing top-line share registry services to shake up competition in the unit registry services market. Computershare has fully integrated its unit registry services for fund managers, friendly ...

Years of living dangerously

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2009
Australians earning $60,000 a year or less could be forced to live on half that income when they retire, if the Government makes changes to super that "unintentionally" disadvantages low to middle-income earners. Industry body ASFA challenged new Treasury ...

Super savings not for govt projects: Suncorp Life

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 26 OCT 2009
Super funds should not be forced to invest in government infrastructure projects because it could undermine member confidence in funds, according to Suncorp Life's Cooper Review submission. Suncorp Life's submission to the Cooper Review - Phase One ...

Treading on treacherous territory

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2009
September is upon us! Yes, that single month of the year which historically has been statistically observed to be the cruellest for stock markets. Forget the "Great Crash" of October 1929 or "Black Monday" in October 1987, October's historical average ...