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Corrupt city officials face pension freeze

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2010
... possible violations of law" by Bell officials, including civil and criminal sections. The probe followed a Los Angeles Times article revealing the US$787,637 salary of Bell City manager, Robert Rizzo. The Bell police chief was also found to make 50 per ...

Mandatory trustee pay disclosure draws debate

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUL 2010
... [disclose their pay]?" That said, super funds such as Legalsuper and Media Super told Financial Standard in a previous article that they would support more transparency around pay. Legalsuper chief Andrew Proebstl said that in 2008, the fund disclosed ...

Coalition details stance on commissions

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUL 2010
... light of day again?" she said. The next print edition of Financial Standard out on Monday (August 2) features another article on this issue titled 'Financial services future hangs on election".

Seven US banks close in a week

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2010
... National Bank, Kingstree, SC, Crescent Bank and Trust Company, Jasper, GA and Sterling Bank, Lantana, FL. According to an article from Bloomberg, the closures of the seven banks make 2010 the second year in a row that saw at least 100 lenders collapse ...

Advice goes direct to retail shopfronts

... this year to recruit financial planners directly and provide the service in-house. Michelle Baltazar and Ruth Liew This article first appeared in the latest print edition of the Financial Standard newspaper (July 19, Volume 8 No.13), out now.

Pause

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUL 2010
... good thing is it gave the market a chance to take a breather. Oh btw, there's one more thing. I came across a Bloomberg article this morning reporting on a technical analysis report by UBS AG. According to Bloomberg, "Investors should "sell the rallies" ...

LGS sells FuturePlus share to EISS

MICHELLE BALTAZAR, MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUL 2010
... and become the firm's sole owner, subject to due diligence. Both EISS and FuturePlus have declined to comment for this article. Following the impending sale, LGS plans to internally manage the member-focused services, including financial planning, that ...

Central plank of Cooper Review is MySuper

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 5 JUL 2010
... projections that by 2035, the compulsory super savings industry would be managing as much as $6.1 trillion of assets. Note: This article was updated with more information at 1:55pm, 5 July 2010.

ITM and Sequential partner for service

PRESS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUN 2010
... operational components of their major projects," said Steve Shoreson, managing director at ITM. In a previous Financial Standard article, Sequential managing director Adrian Johnstone urged super fund trustees to "sweat the detail" when measuring their ...

Mood change

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2010
... speculations that this sector is heading - if not already - in a bubble. The Economist magazine doesn't think so. In a 27 May article, it printed that "Prices would have to fall a long way to push borrowers "under water", owing more than the value of ...