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Centro execs to face tough penalties

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2009
The regulator has launched proceedings against the chair, chief executive, chief financial officer and five other directors of entities within Centro Properties Group and Centro Retail Group for misleading accounting practices. The action includes Brian ...

Ignorance is not financial bliss: Fidelity

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2009
... Investments show that many Americans are not maximising their retirement savings simply because they don't understand the basic differences between the IRAs available in the market. For example, unlike the traditional IRA, a product called the Roth IRA ...

ANZ buys ING Aus for $1.76bn

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2009
ANZ goes up the ranks of the wealth management and life insurance sectors when it acquired the 51 per cent stake it did not own in a joint venture with ING Group for $1.76 billion - transforming it into a $45 billion fund manager with more than 1,700 ...

Revamp member education: Ezra

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2009
Super fund member education needs to be overhauled and focus on basic financial concepts instead of investment theories, said Don Ezra, co-chair, global consulting at Russell Investments. Ezra said pension funds across the world are teaching their members ...

Govt announces short selling disclosure timeline

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2009
The federal government expects to release short selling disclosure requirements in the next month, eight months after the government passed the Bill. A spokesperson for Chris Bowen, minister for financial services, superannuation and corporate law ...

How to survive the next market outlier

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2009
After the GFC challenged the prevailing wisdom on how low markets can go, AXA's chief investment officer Mark Dutton tells investors how to protect their savings from another market armaggedon. When it comes to investing, Dutton said there are two golden ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2009
The Australian sharemarket remained in the red at noon following big losses in the energy sector after a drop in oil prices, and falls on Wall Street overnight. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 87.9 points, or 1.95 per cent, at ...

Super fund tech still lags: KPMG

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2009
... poorly catered for by 10 of the funds. "Compared to our 2005 findings, the latest survey shows general improvement in the basic levels of functionality, but there remains significant scope for a number of funds to lift their game, particularly when it ...

Euro PE market shows value

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2009
Mid-sized European companies are presenting solid long-term value as many firms are forced to sell their businesses and assets at lower prices, according to a private equity fund-of-fund manager. Helen Steers, London partner at Pantheon Ventures, a ...

Charles River adds Nomura platform

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2009
... Taiwan. The algorithms take advantage of market microstructure, and provide investors with a comprehensive set of trading basic to customised strategies," said Sunny Chung, executive director, electronic trading services at Nomura. Charles River serves ...