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JMK rules

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2011
Inured or undaunted? This is the question that pops in my head watching the financial markets' reaction to the current events that normally would sap optimism out of any rational human investor. Inured? Yes Virginia, you're well aware of all the troubles ...

S&P rates cash offerings

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2011
Standard & Poor's Fund Services rates 12 Australian fixed interest cash and cash enhanced offerings with Colonial First State's Wholesale Cash Fund receiving the only five-star rating. The ratings house reviewed seven cash offerings and five cash enhanced ...

YouTube, you beauty

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2011
YouTube used to be the domain of teenagers and the odd adult videotaping quirky and fun stuff, but today super funds can use it for more lofty goals - and it won't cost their members a cent. Tim Martin, director at 2 Sticks Digital Marketing, said that ...

We shall overcome

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2011
"We shall overcome someday; Oh, deep in my heart, I do believe, We shall overcome someday. The Lord will see us through, The Lord will see us through, The Lord will see us through someday..." Just replace "The Lord" in the lyrics above with the "The ...

SG needed to save retirees: Shorten

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2011
Thousands of 100-year-old baby boomers will live out their last days in poverty unless superannuation changes are passed, Assistant Treasurer Bill Shorten has told delegates at the Conference of Major Super Funds. Minister Shorten, who flew to the Gold ...

Super policies shortchange women

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2011
Women are severely disadvantaged by existing government rules on super, with new research that shows two in five women accumulate less than a year's worth of super come retirement. A survey of more than 800 Australian women, aged between 50 to 80 years ...

C'mon, Aussie, c'mon

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2011
Want a growth stock, a real growth stock? Look no further than our very own Australian dollar. After hitting parity with the once mighty greenback back in October last year, it drowned when this year's floods devastated most of Queensland, parts of ...

Record NSW election loss could slow federal reforms

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 28 MAR 2011
A record breaking 16.5 per cent swing last weekend against the NSW Labor Party has the potential to derail many of the Gillard federal government's reforms, pushing a nervous federal government to pull more of its punches on major changes to the financial ...

SMSFs avg balances hit $1m

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 28 MAR 2011
New research from Rainmaker into self-managed super funds confirms that much of what we think we know about the sector is still driven by myths. An analysis the researcher conducted into SMSF figures available from the Australian Taxation Office and ...

PineBridge enjoys strong inflows in EM debt

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAR 2011
From managing a modest $25 million in emerging markets in the mid-90s to $5.5 billion today, global fund manager Pinebridge Investments is benefiting from the growing number of investors that use EM debt as a portfolio diversifier. Rajeev Mittal, head ...