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Resistance grows to SG increase

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAY 2010
... executive Peter Anderson. "Employers and small business don't take kindly to the superannuation industry, with its vested interest in creaming off fees and commissions, advocating the spending of someone else's money and agitating the government to break ...

KPMG challenges ASIC on Constitutional powers

ASIC RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAY 2010
... begin where, as a result of an investigation or from a record of an examination, it appears to ASIC to be in the public interest for a person to begin and carry on a proceeding for a number of reasons. These reasons as cited in the Act include the recovery ...

New mortgage platform to offer top commissions

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAY 2010
The heat may be on financial advisers to remove incentive payments and prove they are acting in the best interests of their clients, but for mortgage brokers untouched by these reforms it's business as usual. Licensed Finance Brokers of Australia (LFBA) ...

US wants pause button in volatile markets

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2010
... in five minutes. The pause in markets, the SEC argues, would give the markets the opportunity to attract new trading interest in an affected stock, establish a reasonable market price and resume trading in an orderly fashion. The rules, which are subject ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2010
... trading at their lowest since August last year. Consumer sentiment dropped sharply in response to the latest rise in interest rates and to a lesser degree, last week's federal budget, according to the Westpac-Melbourne Institute survey of consumer sentiment ...

JANA wins legalsuper mandate

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAY 2010
... 'best of breed' advice that is also value for money." Several asset consultants were invited to provide expressions of interest in the position of legalsuper asset consultant. A shortlist of three asset consultants made presentations to legalsuper's ...

Euro downs Supermodel

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAY 2010
... this mean going forward? Well, it sure as hell dispels worries that foreigners would stop lending to America for one. US interest rates would remain low for longer. America could continue on its business of stimulating its economy until the recovery ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAY 2010
... Index lost 430.23 points, or 2.14 per cent, to 19,715.20 points, its lowest point since February 8. Banks fell on fears interest margins could further narrow due to the euro's problems. HSBC, which has significant business in Europe, fell 2.3 per cent ...

Shadforth ramps up client book-buying strategy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 17 MAY 2010
Shadforth Financial Group has created a team to focus solely on buying other financial planning practice books ahead of the expected regulatory changes that could result in a number of planners leaving the industry. Tony Fenning, head of Shadforth Financial ...

China SWF signs resources JV in Canada

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 17 MAY 2010
... joint venture means Penn West contributes the assets worth more than $1.8 billion and retain a 55 per cent partnership interest. The assets include more than 230,000 net acres of oil sands leases and the current production of roughly 2,700 barrels of ...