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Chile not so hot on fixed income

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2008
The Chilean Pension Fund Administrators' Association (CPAA) urged its young members not to reduce their allocation in equities in favour of fixed income in the wake of the global financial crisis. CPAA, the umbrella body representing the equivalent ...

America on its knees

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2008
The bloodbath continues. The Federal Reserve's US$85 billion bailout of American Insurance Group (AIG) proved insufficient to calm the financial market panic that appears to be increasing by the day. The overnight sell-off saw more than three years' ...

Moral hazard remains

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2008
Volatile trading continued on Wall Street overnight as investors continued to digest the implications of the Lehman Brothers' collapse on the financial system. Equities were whipsawed, first sliding on the US Federal Reserve's decision to keep interest ...

Long-term service doesn't guarantee referrals

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 26 AUG 2008
Investors who have been with an adviser for more than five years are less likely to recommend that adviser than those who have only been with one for a shorter period, according to a new survey. An ING survey conducted in June and July, revealed the ...

AUSfund rolls out $4.3m

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 5 AUG 2008
The $660 million Eligible Rollover Fund AUSfund recently returned $4.3 million to its members in seven weeks. According to AUSfund manager Warren Fawcett, the fund's most recent campaign targeted towards the fund's largest account holders. "This particular ...

Introducing the Burnie Pub PDS

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2008
The government moves to scrap Latin-like, 100-page product disclosure statements (PDSs) in favour of plain English four-page forms by creating a template to prove it can be done. Today Senator Nick Sherry, Minister for Superannuation and Corporate Law ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2008
The Australian share market is expected to open lower today after European equities and industrial metals fell on Friday. At 0731 AEST on the Sydney Futures exchange, the September share price index futures contract fell 17 points to 5,057. In economic ...

Netwealth hatches baby wrap

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2008
Platform provider netwealth Investments launched its Investor Rewards Program that allows investors access to a cost efficient 'baby wrap' style investment menu. The baby wrap is integrated into the firm's existing Investment Wrap and Super Wrap platforms ...

Market Wrap - Morning

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2008
The Australian share market is expected to open higher today after the Dow rose on Wall Street overnight. At 0800 AEST on the Sydney Futures exchange, the September share price index was up 14 points to 5,014. In equities today, Xenolith Resources Ltd ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2008
The Australian share market is expected to open higher after US stocks gained overnight as the Federal Reserve kept interest rates unchanged. Resource stocks may fall after commodities including oil, gold and copper declined. At 0755 AEST on the Sydney ...