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ECB to QE

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 NOV 2010
he "Rape of Europa" continues. Investors are circling around like vultures around Portugal and Spain perhaps until the whole of Europe burns. Oh yes, Virginia, there's a niggling feeling that ultimately Europa will be raped and this would cause untold ...

Funds should show benefit projections: IAA

MEDIA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 OCT 2010
Superannuation funds should include member benefit projections in annual member statements to help members track their progress towards their retirement savings goals, new research shows. A survey of 50 senior executives said projections should include ...

Premium Investors cuts cost, restructures

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 28 SEP 2010
A year after Premium Investors underwent a forced off-market buy back, company chair Tom Collins flagged cost savings of more than 40 per cent next year as part of a business restructure. Last Friday, the firm released a newsletter to investors highlighting ...

New website for women and super

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 14 SEP 2010
First State Super has created a website that seeks to empower and inform women about their super. The aim of the website is to narrow the gender gap when it comes to superannuation savings, following numerous research that shows Australian women have ...

Untangling the Astarra web continues

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2010
New information from Trio Capital administrator PPB showed more than half of the $63 million Asttar Wholesale Portfolio Service's assets were invested in funds and property firms part and wholly owned by the failed fund manager. According to a letter ...

AMP Cap, Cbus and Galileo join forces

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2009
AMP Capital Investors, Cbus Property and Galileo Group have joined forces in a residential property deal believed to have secured one of the largest funding from banks this year. The property, The Residence Hyde Park, is located on College Street in ...

CalPERS halts lending to big four

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2008
The $274 billion California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) has temporarily stopped the lending of troubled Wachovia, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, and State Street shares. Anne Stausboll, interim chief investment officer of CalPERS ...

Farrell chairs MDRT

MEDIA RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2008
Finance professionals association Million Dollar Round Table has appointed Stuart Farrell as the incoming Australian chairman. The role of MDRT Australia Chairman is a two-year term. Farrell will work closely with the state chairpersons to 'connect' ...

Alternatives: shock absorbers of sub-prime

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2008
As markets turn from bad to worse, alternative investments have proven to be the keystone of solid returns when they turned into shock absorbers protecting investors from capital loss, said Select Asset Management. Since August last year, the sub-prime ...

ASIC chairman talks about governance and er, bullfrogs

In his keynote speech at a legal conference in Melbourne yesterday, ASIC chairman Jeff Lucy drew on a bullfrogs analogy to talk about financial fraud and corporate governance. Lucy said the recent spate of corporate collapses in the country such as ...