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Time to lift operational reserves: Mercer

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 AUG 2010
... Interestingly, the research reported that trustees are now quite alert to damage following a media crisis, reflecting the impact of the GFC on the industry's image combined with intensified public scrutiny. While there is no consensus about where these ...

Trustees warned as APRA toughens guidances

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 AUG 2010
... fitness. Following other recent APRA guidance notes, this latest initiative signals a more activist regulator emerging post-GFC although APRA tried to tone down the revisions saying they were already in train before the completion of the Cooper Report. ...

Bending it like Bernanke

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 AUG 2010
... wish. Yields on US 10-year Treasuries dropped to as low as 2.74 per cent - just a few percentage point above the 2.08 per cent GFC low hit in mid-December 2008 - before closing at a 15-month low of 2.76 per cent. I can almost hear those who've front-run ...

Not a jobless double-dip

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 AUG 2010
... (increase in average workweek) and raising their pay. Not yet anyway with the economic outlook "unusually uncertain", the GFC still fresh in their minds and the uncertainty over regulations being cooked up by the Obama administration (health care reform?). ...

APRA warns on unlisted asset valuations

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 6 AUG 2010
... property, infrastructure and private equity. The key issue, however, is the lag in unlisted investment valuations, which saw the GFC hit listed investments instantly whereas valuations for unlisted ones lagged. S.G. Venkatramani, general manager, Specialised ...

NZ Super pips Aus through intl equities

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUL 2010
... returned 10 per cent in the year to June, figures from Rainmaker Information show. The recovery of equities markets following the GFC and positive contribution from value-add activities (e.g. strategic tilting), boosted the fund's performance, noted ...

Charter Hall to launch industrial property fund

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUL 2010
... chief executive of Charter Hall's direct property business, said the new fund has been designed with lessons learnt from the GFC in mind. For example, the fund has a conservative gearing of 45 per cent (industrial funds were geared as much as 60 to 70 ...

Treasury bounces back to pre-crisis FUM

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUL 2010
... Treasury Group's funds under management (FUM) rose more than 34 per cent to $14.7 billion in the year to June, close to its pre-GFC levels, after three of its fund managers attracted flows from institutional investors. The group's FUM increased by $3.7 ...

Seven US banks close in a week

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2010
... Bloomberg, the closures of the seven banks make 2010 the second year in a row that saw at least 100 lenders collapse following the GFC. Calculations on total deposits of these seven lenders show that the institutions had a combined $2 billion-plus of ...

Been there, done that

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUL 2010
... previous month. This the lowest level since March 2009. Hold on. Wasn't March 2009, the month when equity markets hit their GFC lows? I'll bet my right eyeballs that most "experts" are now tinkering with their forecasts for the US housing market, proclaiming ...

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Global X awards mandate for ETF business

ELIZA BAVIN
Global X has awarded a new custody and administration mandate for its Australian ETF business.

Bell Asset Management launches small-caps fund

KARREN VERGARA
Bell Asset Management has formally launched its Australian Small Companies Fund, which is run by former Tyndall Asset Management portfolio managers.

Former Australian Ethical finance chief lands new gig

MATTHEW WAI
The former chief financial officer of the ethical investment manager has joined a local finance company after wrapping up his tenure at AUB Group.

MySuper assets pursue $1.5tn Choice sector

KARREN VERGARA
MySuper assets are fast catching up to the $1.5 trillion Choice sector, hitting nearly $1.2 trillion in the March quarter.

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