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Equity Trustees calls for more from teeth behind RE reforms

ELISE BURGESS | FRIDAY, 1 OCT 2010

... Trustees Ltd, said that the review is timely but that more protection should be offered to investors before the scars of the GFC are forgotten. Kalman said that the current licensing criteria is "weighted too heavily in favour of fund promoters" and ...

Busting myths on alternatives: JANA

RUTH LIEW | WEDNESDAY, 29 SEP 2010

... time when unlisted investments such as direct infrastructure continue to grow, albeit at a much slower pace compared with pre-GFC years. According to the September edition of Preqin's Infrastructure Spotlight report, 70 per cent of institutional investors ...

Gotta love gold

BENJAMIN ONG | TUESDAY, 28 SEP 2010

... At around 20 points, the VIX or "fear" index, is not exactly as sanguine as the low teens it was trading on just before the GFC but it is also way lower than the peak reading of 80.89 points hit two months after the collapse of Lehman Bros in September ...

RBS develops ESG strategy

ELISE BURGESS | FRIDAY, 24 SEP 2010

... assess but that doesn't mean it cannot be done, given the renewed attention to fixed income and credit strategies post the GFC. "ESG is just as relevant as it is for equity analysts, if not more so," she said.

Non super advice takes off: StatewideSuper

RUTH LIEW | THURSDAY, 23 SEP 2010

... increased over the last 12 months. "By far the biggest trend at the moment is members approaching retirement on coping with a post GFC environment - it's what's at the forefront of their minds and keeping our advisers busy," he said. While there are ...

Watching the A$ watch the Fed

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 20 SEP 2010

... depreciation of the Australian dollar shielded us from the Asian financial crisis, the bursting of the dotcom bubble and the GFC. The same way as the Australian dollar's recent appreciation is now saving the Australian economy from growing too fast. ...

A "race to the bottom" in currencies

JOHN MCDULING | FRIDAY, 17 SEP 2010

... National Bank, heretofore the only "G10" monetary authority to have intervened in currency markets since the advent of the GFC, made a thinly veiled reference to intervening again. "That leaves the RBA as the odd man out. They have expressed no concerns ...

Challenger to open redemptions on mortgage fund

MICHELLE BALTAZAR | WEDNESDAY, 15 SEP 2010

... in banks, but not in mortgage funds. The mortgage funds sector, already bleeding from investors taking money out due to the GFC, took another beating after a spike in withdrawals. This in turn prompted all the major mortgage funds to freeze redemptions ...

Fortune cookie

BENJAMIN ONG | WEDNESDAY, 15 SEP 2010

... dug rocks and metals under the ground five years ago and did a Rip Van Winkle (slept) might find it hard to believe that a GFC ever transpired. Their shareholdings would have appreciated by more than 116 per cent (16.7 per cent per annum) over the past ...

More governance needed on remuneration

RUTH LIEW | MONDAY, 13 SEP 2010

... to exert their influence on remuneration policies after new research suggests CEO pay packages barely changed despite the GFC. The Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) in its CEO Pay in the Top 100 Companies: 2009 report studied the ...

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Federal Court calls out ASIC for re-running case on appeal

RIDDHIMA TALWANI

The Full Federal Court of Australia has criticised regulators for falling back on appeals to re-litigate cases on a different legal basis than the one run at trial.

Evergreen founder exits Ascalon Capital

KARREN VERGARA

Ascalon Capital has bid farewell to Evergreen Consultants' founder Angela Ashton, shortly after acquiring the consulting firm last year.

Powerhouse Ventures partners with European fund manager

KARREN VERGARA

ASX-listed Powerhouse Ventures has partnered with an unnamed European fund manager that will commit US$50 million to its fledgling Critical Infrastructure Opportunities (CIO) Fund.

KeyInvest unveils new investment platform, awards mandate

MATTHEW WAI

KeyInvest has launched a new investment platform to include a plethora of investment strategies ranging from private credit to global equities.

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