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Net tightens on executive pay

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2009
... and in the process of being updated, IFSA's Blue Book identifies that all companies should have a nomination committee, an audit committee and a remuneration committee. The remuneration committee should be chaired by an independent director and have ...

...and targets SMSF market

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2009
AMP is moving into the burgeoning self managed super fund (SMSF) market by launching the firm's Ascend SMSF product. Paul Sainsbury, director of product manufacturing at AMP, said the product allows trustees to have complete control over their fund ...

Commodities trading accountant jailed

ASIC RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 6 APR 2009
The former accountant and company secretary of the now defunct commodities trading group Bustan gets a two-and-a-half-year jail term for cooking the books. Claire Horsman, who worked for the Bustan Group between 1999 and 2001 received the jail sentence ...

Forensic tool for private equity

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2009
... investing in private equity to get a clearer picture of their underlying portfolios. It will also help users conduct individual audit requirements. More importantly, the program will help monitor and validate management fees and performance fees - and ...

OneVue partners with Super Concepts

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2009
OneVue has teamed up with self managed super fund (SMSF) specialist, Super Concepts to provide an integrated SMSF administration service that allows advisers to easily meet compliance requirements and invest in a range of different assets. Brett Marsh ...

SimCorp upgrades risk mgmt tech

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2009
... can now calculate prices and key ratios for credit derivatives based on FINCAD models. The software's client reporting and audit trails have been automated and the top level reconciliation functionality has been improved to ensure the investment strategy ...

SMSFs beat the market

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2009
The average self managed super fund (SMSF) posted a gross loss of more than 11 per cent in the twelve months to June last year, beating the S&P/ASX 100 over the same period, according to new research. Using Praemium data which contained around 4,500 ...

SPAA awards industry's best

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2009
The Self Managed Super Fund Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) recognised the best and brightest professionals in the sector with Jenny Power and Joanne Heighway winning the Chairman's Award and CEO Scholarship respectively. At the SPAA ...

SPAA reloads for 2009

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2009
... standards, added some new education programs and is organising a fresh set regional roadshows. SPAA has also created an audit and professional standards committee which will start work in May and appointed Peter Burgess as the association's technical ...

SMSFs breach asset rules

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2009
More than half of all SMSF fund breaches last year were due to the fund breaking their "in-house asset" rules, according to a new study, with some trustees effectively using their super fund as their personal cheque account. The latest research from ...