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Research and rating firms welcome Govt review

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2008
Research houses have welcomed a review by the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) and Treasury into the role they, along with credit rating agencies (CRAs), played in the recent financial market turmoil and subsequent corporate collapses. ...

Macquarie launches defensive options

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2008
Macquarie Banking and Financial Services Group is tapping the defensive investment solutions market as investors scramble to shield themselves from market volatility. The group has developed a suite of cash offerings that caters to both personal investors ...

Bad genes won't hurt insurance

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2008
... in October 2005, insurers cannot initiate any genetic tests on applicants for insurance purposes even though they may request that all existing genetic test results be made available to them for the purposes of "classifying the risk." But the Standard ...

Bravura becomes a prime buy target

... equity and even fund managers, with Archer Capital, GBST, DSTi and Perpetual named among the likely buyers. Bravura filed a request with the ASX this week to suspend trading of its shares "following the receipt of confidential approaches from certain ...

CSRF drops SIM for AMP

Catholic Super & Retirement Fund (CSRF) has given AMP Capital Investors an ethical investment mandate after Suncorp Investment Management informed the fund that it would be closing its Ethical Balanced Portfolio option once all current investors have ...

Escalator take up reach 50pc

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2008
... cent limit including superannuation guarantee. It can be implemented by employers on an 'opt-in' basis, meaning employees request to sign on, or 'opt out' which means employees are automatically signed on to the program but have the ability to leave. ...

ADPIA lobbies against relic property laws

The peak body for direct property investors has called for each State Revenue Office in Australia to standardise stamp duty and get rid of archaic property trust regulations. Linden Toll, the president of the Australian Direct Property Investment Association ...

MFS breaches $184m loan

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2008
MFS Premium Income Fund is engaging the Bank of Scotland in talks following a multi-million dollar loan facility breach. The fund's auditor, PricewaterhouseCoopers notes the fund has breached a loan facility of $184 million with third party bank, the ...

Partners unveils new legal division

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2008
Victoria-based financial services firm Partners has expanded its operations to the legal sector with the appointment of Peter Gandolfo as managing director of its new legal arm, Partners Legal. Gandolfo is a barrister, solicitor and former president ...

Back to school for MA providers

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2008
It may soon be school season for the Institute of Managed Accounts Providers (IMAP) members as the professional body prepares to uncover an education program to promote awareness of the managed accounts (MA) industry. According to Tracy Byrne, IMAP ...