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GFC Problem solved

... pledge. It is their home team that matters most after all. It is the home team that decides whether they are still worthy heads of their states. But lest I be accused of being a party pooper, indications are slowly mounting that this time, the equity ...

Regulate...then regulate some more

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2009
... welcome stricter regulations - regulations that would see greedy money spinners lose their bonuses or perhaps, get their heads chopped off, literally. Such is the mood at the moment. And Timmy is taking advantage of this mood. But what would be the cost ...

IMCA debates investment risk

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2009
The Investments Management Consultants Association (IMCA) Australia has invited the heads of various investment consulting firms, including overseas-based expert Don Ezra from Russell, to a roundtable discussion on investment risk to be held in Sydney ...

NGS Super targets female fin lit

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2009
... video on understanding superannuation," said Anthony Rodwell-Ball, NGS Super chief executive. "We've moved away from talking heads to action style clips designed to engage members and communicate more effectively." The $2.5 billion non-government school ...

Currency cushions GFC hangover

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2009
... won't. So if you depend on just one factor, like the carry trade, then you can get nasty drawdowns," said Bracken. Bracken heads the macro strategies team at BT and has worked for four years at ABP, one of the largest pension funds in the world with ...

NAB gambles on its IFS model

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2009
NAB's corporate clients must be scratching their heads after yesterday's strategy briefing from new chief executive Cameron Clyne. The corporate lending business will move out of the institutional division, nabCapital, and into the regional business ...

Fanning the flames of fear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2009
... and could get. You and I and our dogs are aware of this, some are already feeling how bad things are, some just bury their heads in the sand. But just as administration and fiscal and monetary authorities have a responsibility to relieve the world's ...

IBM Cognos measures credit risk

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2009
... particularly with the government-led bail-put programs making them accountable to their country's regulatory and political heads. Laurence Trigwell, global leader in financial services at IBM Cognos, said that the company's clients, which includes the ...

FPA heads to eye of Storm

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2009
The key team behind the Financial Planning Association (FPA) is travelling to Townsville, Queensland to speak to those directly affected by Storm Financial's advice and the firm's subsequent collapse. Speaking at a press conference on Friday, Jo-Anne ...

Vanguard CIO resigns

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2009
... of time, extremely well," he said. Brennan is an 18-year veteran in the funds management industry. In his current role he heads a 30 person department responsible for monitoring the investment activities of 170 Vanguard funds and 28 external fund managers. ...