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Value after sub-prime: van Eyk

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2008
... because you may be able to look back and say 'this is the point where the stock market started to recover'. "By December, corporate profits will have most of the bad news out and financials will start improving relative to the market."

Enron Part Two

... Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, has argued that a massive overhaul of auditing practices is needed to prevent a recurrence of corporate collapses such as Enron or WorldCom. "Revelations or allegations of financial statement fraud tend to rise during economic ...

Good management pays, governance not yet

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2008
Yet more evidence is emerging that while investing in companies with good corporate governance may not lead to better returns, investing in well run companies and those following good climate change policies just might. Reputex, an investment research ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2008
... Exchange the March share price index contract was down 82 points at 5,188 on a volume of 15,971 contracts. CMC Markets corporate dealer Andrew Knight said local stocks had been dragged down by a weak US lead and lower commodity prices. But he said the ...

Liechtenstein blocks AML

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2008
... be closely aligned with international financial services standards and regulations. "Minimising the risk of abuse of corporate vehicles and related financial services products presents an ongoing challenge, as does the identification of the natural persons ...

Good governance pays 18pc more

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2008
UK companies with exceptional corporate governance records generate returns 18 per cent higher than those with poor records, according to the Association of British Insurers (ABI). The study analysed 654 UK FTSE All-Share companies over four years to ...

Govt creates super advisory

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2008
... Piggot, associate dean of research at the University of New South Wales. Nick Sherry, minister for superannuation and corporate law, said the committee provided an opportunity for open discussion on superannuation issues which would ensure matters are ...

Aviva breaks industry fund hurdle

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2008
... investment options and flat fees. "When we analysed the market, Members Equity exhibited some of the best practices [in corporate superannuation] so we tried to leverage off that learning," said Andrew Barker, Aviva wealth management products general ...

Super gap widens between haves and have-nots

... can afford to retire and those who can't. Twice a year, financial services giant AMP asks more than 320,000 of its AMP Corporate Super members to find out how much they are putting into their super against how much they need to have a comfortable retirement. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2008
... tracking losses in overseas equities on concern over US economic weakness, while investors looked ahead to a spate of major corporate earnings due this week. The benchmark Hang Seng Index ended down 3.07 per cent or 746.7 points at 23,584.97. WELLINGTON ...