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Corp super gets health tick

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2007
... in funds under management. Rainmaker data stated many of the remaining corporate funds were those of the largest corporations in Australia, with Telstra dominant with $11.3 billion, followed by the Commonwealth Bank's Officers Super Fund at $7.3 billion. ...

No more sustainable investment roadblocks: Russell

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2007
... proxy voting and informal engagement with management. He did note, however, that the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services, as recently as June 2006, questioned the financial definition of 'best interests' and called on ...

Property developer gets two years jail

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 11 SEP 2007
... administrator control. ASIC previously banned Sage from providing financial services for six years under Section 920A of the Corporations Act in August 2005, which means he is banned from working in the financial services industry until August 2011.

Yes to commissions, no to shelf fees

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2007
The joint parliamentary committee on corporations and financial services has delivered a 266-page report arguing against the removal of commissions on super products but calling for greater transparency and the removal of shelf fees. Tabled in parliament ...

Citigroup not guilty of insider trading

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2007
... found Citigroup did not engage in insider trading and did not contravene the conflict of interest provisions of the Corporations Act. ASIC alleged that Citigroup had acted illegally in its trading of Patrick and Toll shares and had breached conflict ...

Govt push for reforms in $221.4b legacy products sector

... tax law be changed to provide tax neutrality where product rationalisation has been undertaken and changes to the Corporations Act that will allow financial product providers to close a product or part of the product and move their clients to the non-legacy ...

Lower foreign withholding tax will boost Australia: IFSA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2007
... last Friday that while the Government should not be in the business of handing out tax breaks to wealthy foreign corporations, the reality is that our extremely high relative withholding tax rates are starting to discourage investors who would actually ...

Risk awareness up, costs down: Aon

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 28 MAY 2007
... either actively engaged in risk assessment or reviewing risk management policies and systems. One third of surveyed corporations now also have a chief risk officer. However, the survey showed that fewer than 49 per cent of respondents conducted risk ...

Investors will be compensated for dud advice: Pearce

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 21 MAY 2007
... has been given and the retail client loses money as a consequence. The regulation complements section 912B of the Corporations Act 2001. It takes effect on 1 July following extensive industry consultations and feedback.

ASIC and Citigroup lock horns on insider trading

... wants Citigroup to declare that it breached both the 'conflicts of interest' and 'insider trading' provisions of the Corporations Act (the Act). The regulator also wants injunctions restraining Citigroup from engaging in similar breaches and fines paid ...