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Stocks and bonds agree on recovery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2009
Similar economic news, opposite Wall Street reaction. Are equity investors still decoding the economic tea leaves or just marching to the beat of their own drum? For how could Wall Street have exactly opposite reactions to almost similar indications ...

CAAM eyes credit and currency

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2009
Credit Agricole Asset Management (CAAM) is shifting the firm's global fixed income strategy's emphasis from specific country exposure to a sector based strategy that targets credit securities and currency plays. CAAM Global Bond fund's recently released ...

Ten years is too short: CBI

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2009
The UK's pension regulator should investigate the funding plans of companies where deficit repayments will take more than 15 years, rather than the current ten, said a key industry body. According to an "eight point action plan" by UK business industry ...

Perpetual proposes caps on exec and board pay

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2009
Perpetual has taken extra steps to preserve its balance sheet and cut costs, including a dividend reinvestment plan announced this morning and a move towards lower bonus payments and caps on executive and board remuneration. The 'surprise' announcements ...

Raise SG to 15 pc: report

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2009
A survey found that seven out of 10 working Australians believe that their Superannuation Guarantee (SG) contributions should be raised to 15 per cent, lending support to industry associations that have long lobbied for higher SG. Mercer's SG Opinion ...

Dark liquidity on UBS tap

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2009
UBS Securities Australia has unveilled a new non-displayed internal crossing pool accessible to all Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) stocks as part of the UBS Price Improvement Network (UBS PIN). UBS PIN now provides clients with access to off-exchange ...

Investors hang on to managed futures

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2009
Managed futures may have performed poorly in the last three months but retail investors in MAN Investments' OM-IP products are not putting their hands up for redemptions, said the firm. Hersh Gandhi, head of product development in Australia for the ...

Macq opens fin planning consultancy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2009
Macquarie Adviser Services is targeting the boutique financial planning firms by opening a new Practice Consulting division after a study found revenue across this market has dropped by 20 per cent on average. The consulting division will provide a ...

Unions attack retirement age change

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2009
Just as leading Unions have stepped up their battle against lifting the retirement age, the government has been forced to dismiss their claims for special rules for manual workers labelling them unfair. The Australian newspaper today reported that the ...

Westpac exec joins NAB Private Wealth

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2009
Former Westpac Private Bank state manager Will Hamilton moves to NAB Private Wealth to become the division's general manager of wealth services. Hamilton, who will report to Angela Mentis, executive general manager of NAB Private Wealth, was previously ...