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Star ratings face predictability test

MICHELLE BALTAZAR | THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2010

... ratings system failed or virtually lost all of its predicted ability when measured over a full market cycle. In early December, Advisor Perspectives, a US-based investment trends data provider for financial planners conducted its own analysis on how ...

Zurich ramps up investment business

MICHAEL HOBBS | TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2009

... manager, American Century, to develop a product next year. "We'll be doing some initial research and meetings with in early December and then looking to do a full launch to the planner market in 2010," he said.

Liquidity flow versus trade flow

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 28 SEP 2009

... credit to finance trade flows. The Baltic Index turned up sharply in the first half of 2009 after touching bottom in early December last year. But after peaking in June, the index has again fallen by close to 48 per cent. This is one of the reasons cited ...

DC plans to axe managers

RUTH LIEW | MONDAY, 16 FEB 2009

... Contribution Trends Survey: Impact of Recent Market Volatility on DC Plans was fielded online in late November and early December last year. Results were garnered from 107 US-based DC plan sponsors, with the majority of respondents offering 401(k) plans. ...

Unlisted assets hold value: BUSS(Q)

MICHAEL HOBBS | MONDAY, 12 JAN 2009

... we've seen some upward revaluations," he said. O'Sullivan's comments come after the fund released a statement in early December last year which stated its unlisted asset investments, which account for almost 35 per cent of BUSS(Q)'s fund under management ...

Karara restructures for Aus eq focus

RUTH LIEW | THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2008

... 4.53 per cent against the benchmark S&P/ASX 300 Accumulation index. The restructure is expected to be finalised by early December.

Central banks try again to lift liquidity

WWW.THESHEET.COM | WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2008

... agreements now last to the end of September 2008. The introduction of these swap agreements themselves, back in early December 2007, was intended at the time to be a circuit breaker to the interbank market, though its effectiveness then was doubtful. ...

Tribeca joins The Washington Post

... Kaplan, a subsidiary of The Washington Post Company, for around $56 million. The proposed acquisition was flagged early December last year with the $55 million offer for the group placing the shares at a 40 per cent premium to their 29 cents share price ...

No interest rate rise

AAP | MONDAY, 8 NOV 2004

... also the love affair of many consumers with their credit cards. That means when the Reserve Bank board meets in early December, the main topic of discussion will be what to have for Christmas lunch rather than the timing of an interest rate rise. "While ...

Australian dollar hits new low for the year overnight

AAP | FRIDAY, 23 APR 2004

... close of 72.79 US cents. Overnight it touched a low for the year of $US0.7235, a level it had not reached since early December 2003, before staging a rally to reach a high of 0.7357. Previously this year the Australian dollar had touched a low of 72.57 ...

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Australian Unity to shed 195 roles

MATTHEW WAI

Australian Unity is reducing its workforce by 195 positions due to underperformance stemming from delays in government support for its Home Health platform and the integration of several businesses.

Count shutters limited-advice business, slips in size ranking

MATTHEW WAI

Count Financial has reportedly wound up its restricted SMSF/limited-advice service, losing some 26 advisers on the Financial Adviser Register, latest data shows.

First Super recruits head of investments from Prime Super

MATTHEW WAI

First Super has appointed a new head of investments, replacing Chris Artis, who was in the position for the past three months on an interim basis.

BMO eyes Euroz Hartleys' capital markets business

KARREN VERGARA

Euroz Hartleys confirmed it is in discussions with Canada's BMO Financial Group for a potential sale of its capital markets business for $145 million.

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