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NY firm defrauds billion dollar CDOs

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUN 2010
The US' Securities and Exchange Commission has charged a New York-based investment firm and three of its affiliates for defrauding four multi-billion dollar collateralised debt obligations. According to a press statement, the SEC alleged ICP Asset Management ...

The art of war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUN 2010
And so it came to pass... a revaluation that's not a revaluation, greater yuan flexibility that's not. Just as you've read on this space yesterday, "experts" were falling all over themselves - and then some - euphorically welcoming China's revaluation ...

Lessons from US pension funds in crisis

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 21 JUN 2010
An academic paper that warns five US pension funds could run out of money in less than 10 years due to chronic underfunding and poor returns serves as a precautionary tale for local investors. In a paper published last August titled 'The Liabilities ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 JUN 2010
The Australian stock market is expected to open higher on Monday, after a positive finish on Wall Street and firmer oil and gold prices. At 0733 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index futures contract was up six points ...

Van Eyk loses two, names GM

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2010
Executive changes continue at researcher van Eyk with head of distribution Brian Long and business development manager Luke Fitzgerald moving to Mercer while a former Macquarie exec joins the fold. Mercer hired Long and Fitzgerald to provide advisory ...

Fee-for-service advice made easy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2010
A financial services research firm has come up with a simple step-by-step process that allows financial planning dealer groups to find out the cost of providing fee for service advice. Business Health's six step process begins with determining what ...

Retirees brush off volatility to hold equities long term

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2010
Retirees might want less risk in their investment portfolios, but many tend to brush away recent market fluctuations to maintain a strong bias towards equities, new figures show. When asked whether market fluctuations have meant that retirees prefer ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2010
The Australian share market is set for a strong opening after Wall Street posted its highest close in nearly a month on stronger industrial and technology stocks. At 0732 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index contract was 68 ...

CommInsure restructures, appoints Browne as GM

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUN 2010
CommInsure has restructured its life insurance business, and appointed former general manager of Financial Wisdom, Tim Browne, as general manager, retail advice. The restructure will incorporate a "line of business" approach for each of its dedicated ...

GSJBW infrastructure director resigns

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUN 2010
Ben Hare, director of Goldman Sachs JBWere's infrastructure team, has resigned - prompting Standard & Poor's Fund Services to place the Goldman Sachs JBWere Australian Infrastructure Fund 'On Hold'. Hare has decided to move to a role outside of financial ...