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Industry funds turn to listed assets

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2009
... the unlisted space in 2009 and advising their clients to seek opportunities in the listed arena as the global financial crisis continues to hammer the price of listed assets. "All the [listed and unlisted] assets compete equally for a place in the portfolio ...

IFSA calls for more frequent valuations of unlisted assets

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2008
... note to members with 'best practice' recommendations on how to value unlisted assets in the wake of the global financial crisis. The guidance note specifies the principles for asset valuation in the calculation of unit prices when transactions take place ...

Embrace the recession: Salt

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2008
... average, which is around $25,000 per annum. However, these predominantly beachside towns aren't immune to the global financial crisis so financial planners shouldn't perceive these towns as a hiding place from the recession, said Salt. "These towns won't ...

Beautiful set of numbers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2008
... one for dad, and one for Australia'. For sure the Australian unemployment rate will trend higher as the global financial crisis progresses but it would not be as bad as the deterioration in the US labour market nor the 9 per cent some are predicting. ...

PLUM's new chief to push comms

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2008
... offline in a bid to hammer home the message of continued investments in super, despite the challenges of the global financial crisis. This year's results saw 8.8 per cent of participants respond to the online consolidation campaign, versus 5.01 per cent ...

China syndrome

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2008
Red alert! Red alert! China is slowing. China is slowing. Persistent punches by the global financial crisis has knocked out the economies of the United States, the Eurozone, Japan and the United Kingdom to name a few. By its sheer size and ongoing industrialisation ...

Assist trustees, don't overregulate: AIST

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2008
... simpler regulation or re-regulation had already failed in the past or would be dismissed in light of the global financial crisis. In addition, the proposal to develop a 'mega regulator' that would include ASIC and APRA presented a number of issues, Barr ...

No fee rises until 2011: Hostplus

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 9 DEC 2008
... marks the first time an Australian superannuation fund has made such a guarantee since the start of the global financial crisis. The fund's decision follows last week's 100 basis points interest rate cuts by the Reserve Bank of Australia. David Elia ...

Filled half-empty glass

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2008
... towards a contraction. Half-emptiers reason that Australia's economy will eventually be swallowed by the global financial crisis that has already gobbled the big economies of the US, the Eurozone, Japan and the UK. As the GFC continues to bite, demand ...

Planners spared AMP job cuts

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2008
... and planners," said the spokeswoman. The financial services industry has been a severe casualty of the global financial crisis, with thousands of redundancies already occurring across big firms such as ANZ Bank, Citibank and Suncorp, among others. Australia's ...