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Aussies shun local equities

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2008
Aussie investors are turning their backs on Australian shares and sporting a grim reaper stance towards the local economy, new research shows. Almost 40 per cent of Australian investors have been expecting the share market to perform 'somewhat worse' ...

Macq and OzForex steps up pension transfers

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2008
Pension members can now transfer their UK retirement savings to an Australian super fund roughly nine weeks faster after Macquarie Adviser Services and OzForex streamlined the process. Neil Helm, OzForex chief executive, said transferring superannuation ...

Zurich fund awarded S&P 'five stars'

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2008
Zurich Investments Equity Income Fund attained the highest Standard & Poor's rating of 'five stars'. The fund was previously rated 'four stars'. Christian Baylis, Standard & Poor's analyst, said the rating reflected the firm's belief that the investment ...

AIG not impacted by bail-out failure

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2008
This morning's bail-out failure does not impact AIG, whose funding has already been approved and put in place. Congress this morning rejected the bail-out legislation 228 votes to 205 after two-thirds of Republican legislators dismissed the bill's pre-conditions ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 29 SEP 2008
The Australian stock market had moved into the red by noon, dragged lower by the big miners and most of the major banks, while the local market digested news of the agreement reached in the US on the Wall Street bailout. At 1217 AEST, the benchmark ...

Managers seek ESG framework

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2008
Effectively managing and pricing environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues into investment processes remains the biggest hurdle for integration. Speaking at the Responsible Investment Association of Australasia (RIAA) conference yesterday, Ian ...

Clear focus to drive age pension reform

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2008
In reviewing the appropriate pension payment level, the government must decide if the fundamental purpose of the age pension is to reduce poverty or to replace income, argues the Institute of Actuaries (IA) in a new discussion paper. The paper, New ...

AMP Capital appoints infra co-head

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2008
AMP Capital Investors has appointed Xiao Wei as co-head of Infrastructure Asia. Xiao, who will be based in Beijing, will work with Anoop Seth, co-head of Infrastructure Asia based in Mumbai to source infrastructure investments for the new wholesale ...

TARP or TRAP?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2008
The Financial Standard Intelligence Unit yesterday outlined two extreme scenarios - a positive and a negative -- that could arise as a consequence of the US Congress' passing the US Treasury/Federal Reserve's 'mother of all bail-outs' package. Last ...

Borrow from Peter to pay Paul

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2008
Financial markets' attention remains centred on what the US government's 'mother of all bailouts' will eventually turn out to be and more important, how much it will cost. Just as the Financial Standard Intelligence Unit (FSIU) predicted, equity markets ...