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De-stressing the stress test

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2009
Only a couple of weeks ago the US triad - US Federal Reserve, Treasury and Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) - were stressing over how best to release the result of the stress test they issued to 19 of their banks. They found a way. Back ...

Instinet makes a splash Down Under

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2009
Trading technology specialist Instinet is expanding its presence in Australia and is adopting its global products and algorithms to suit the needs of local fund managers and super funds. Established nearly 40 years ago in the US, Instinet provides electronic ...

LaSalle raises $400m in Mexican fund

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2009
The swine flu may have put a dampener on Mexico's local economy but that hasn't stopped LaSalle Investment Management from successfully raising $400 million in a fund that invests in Mexico's real estate market. LaSalle Mexico Fund was closed this month ...

Fin planning jobs fall 60pc

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2009
Financial planners coming to the market today will struggle to find a job after a new survey found the number of job advertisements fell by 60 per cent in the past 12 months. Trevor Punnett, eJobs Recruitment Specialists financial planning division ...

Baby boomers hang on to investments

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2009
Baby Boomers may be sitting tight with their investment strategies, but many are arming themselves with education and taking a more prudent investment approach in a bid to ride out the GFC, new research shows. The latest Retire Ready survey from Commonwealth ...

They will, they won't

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2009
It'll be another case of "will they, won't they" today as the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) holds its regular monthly Board meeting. Will they, won't they? The RBA lowered the country's official cash rate to an even 3 per cent last month. This represented ...

Pearce calls for trauma in super

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2009
Shadow minister for financial services, superannuation and corporate law, Chris Pearce, has called for trauma insurance to be included in superannuation. Currently, life insurance policies such as death and total and permanent disability (TPD) are allowable ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2009
The Australian share market is likely to open higher after a positive day on Wall Street on Friday. At 0743 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March SPI futures index was up 23 points at 3,782. In economic news on Monday, Australian Bureau of ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2009
The Australian share market was marginally in negative territory at noon, with profit-takers targeting resources stocks and investors digesting Macquarie Group's 52 per cent annual profit fall. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 was down 9.6 points ...

Conflicts not all bad: AIST

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2009
In a major submission to APRA, the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) has said that fighting for the elimination of conflicts of interest can be self-defeating. Instead, the peak interest group for not-for-profit super funds said ...