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Treasury profits down 57pc but positive outlook

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2009
Treasury Group's normalised profit for the past financial year fell by 57 per cent to $7.5 million as funds under management dropped more than 12 per cent to $10 billion. The group's net profit after tax (NPAT) was $4.9 million, a 71 per cent fall during ...

SWFs no longer at arm's length

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2009
Sovereign wealth funds will gradually switch from being passive investors to active shareholders, predicts Andrew Rozanov, head of Sovereign Advisory at State Street Global Markets. This year Rozanov co-authored a comprehensive State Street report looking ...

Bookmakers Super hit by liquidity issues

COMPANY RELEASES  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2009
Bookmakers Superannuation Fund has applied to the regulator to defer redemptions across its balanced investment strategies for a rolling 90-day period due to liquidity issues. The super fund's trustee, Equity Trustees, in working with the administrator ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2009
The Australian share market is expected to open higher after Wall Street rose on strong economic data and the nomination of Federal Reserve chief Ben Bernanke to a second term. At 0726 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index ...

Cooper Review calls for governance submissions

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2009
The Cooper Review has fired its starting gun when it called for submissions in response to its "Phase One" issues paper on governance. The Super System Review, headed by ASIC deputy chairman Jeremy Cooper, today called for submissions following the ...

U V W X Y Z

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2009
What's this? We're back into discussing the alphabet soup of the coming recovery? Would the global economy's recovery take the shape of a V? Will it be a U or a W? My oh my Virginia, I'm getting tired and very ill with all these discussions. For me ...

DST opens China website

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2009
DST Global Solutions is ramping up its push into China by releasing a website dedicated to the country's clients. The website include information about the company in English in Chinese. The company already has seven offices in five Asia Pacific countries ...

ASIC slaps six year ban for MIS fraud

ASIC RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2009
Mum-and-dad investors in South Australia have been caught out in a $15.2 million fraud carried out by yet another finance company operating without a financial services licence. ASIC has banned Jonathan Peter West, of Athelstone, South Australia from ...

Suncorp and CMC sign share trading deal

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2009
Suncorp Bank teamed up with CMC Markets to provide online share trading to its 13,500 customers. Tim Buckett, general manager of customer development at Suncorp Bank, said the bank selected the online share trading firm because of the tools and education ...

Caveat to APRA data: ASFA

ASFA MEDIA STATEMENT  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2009
Super fund returns data released by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority yesterday are of "very limited assistance" to consumers, said industry body ASFA. ASFA chief executive Pauline Vamos said that the performance numbers cited by APRA are ...