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Kill chicken, scare monkey

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAR 2010
Ohhh, I'm so scared! This was China's snap to Krudd's comment (threat?) that, "... the world will be watching how this particular court case is conducted.'' I refer to the trial and subsequent conviction of Chinese-born Australian citizen Stern Hu (head ...

Alaska SWF tips $1bn into investments

PRESS RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 29 MAR 2010
Sovereign wealth fund (SWF) Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation (APFC) has poured over $1 billion into various global fund managers following an investment meeting in December. The SWF gave $250 million to Oaktree Capital Management and Audax Management ...

ASIC cancels Teys Property AFSL

ASIC RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAR 2010
ASIC has cancelled the Australian Financial Services licence of Teys Property Funds after the firm went into external administration earlier this month. Teys is now known as TPFL Ltd. The firm is the responsible entity of eleven property and mortgage ...

When old news is good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAR 2010
Wall Street must have gotten up on the right side of the bed today. Well the Dow has been in 10 of the past 11 trading days. But last night, it was more cheerful. The pace of the Dow's upward march nearly doubled - closing almost 1 per cent higher on ...

Ready, steady, communicate

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAR 2010
Members don't care about super until close to retirement - myth or fact? According to ESI Super, it is a myth as increasingly financially literate members look to their super funds as "partners" before, during, and after retirement. The $2.8 billion ...

Pillar chooses decimal

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAR 2010
Superannuation fund administrator Pillar Administration has contracted decimal to supply a single-issue advice software solution to service its super fund clients and members. When implemented, Pillar's clients will be able to access single issue advice ...

BNP Asia Pac transition complete

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 22 MAR 2010
BNP Paribas Securities Services has completed the final migration of all its global custody assets in-house onto a single Asia Pacific platform. Clients are now serviced from this platform, and are getting access to continuous linked settlement for ...

Select looks to sign on six dealer groups

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 22 MAR 2010
Select Asset Management is in talks with six dealer groups looking to use the firm's Customised Portfolio Solutions (CPS). Andrew Fairweather, chief executive of Select Asset Management, said the firm had around six to seven dealer groups in the discussion ...

ASIC a step closer to Storm resolution

ASIC RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAR 2010
ASIC has completed a major phase of its investigation into failed Storm Financial and is entering the next part of its investigation, aimed at achieving a commercial resolution for investors. The next phase will now take place until the end of May 2010 ...

AMP targets women for planning

PRESS RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAR 2010
AMP is holding a number of information and networking meetings to attract more women to financial planning. The event, which occurs at the end of the month at the firm's Sydney headquarters, will involve a panel discussion from three AMP Horizons female ...