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Absolute Capital suspends redemptions

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2007
... investors in the Absolute Capital Yield Strategies Fund (Classes A and C) and the Yield Strategies Fund NZD. No withdrawal request received on or after July 22 will be processed. The funds' product disclosure statements have been withdrawn for the period ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 JUL 2007
The Australian share market was lower at noon, in a quiet day of trading on the first day of the new financial year, after a weak Wall Street lead and mixed metal prices. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 Index fell 0.9 points to 6,274, while the ...

Industry cheers red tape cuts

... are no longer required to send 'paper based' copy of annual reports. They can opt to send these documents online or on request. "Not only are businesses the winners as a result of the legislation but so are mum and dad investors as the changes to financial ...

Symantec warns on tax time cybercrime

Leading protection software provider Symantec has urged consumers and businesses to be more vigilant around tax year end after the group's research found more sophisticated and heightened phishing attacks around 30 June. The term 'phishing' refers to ...

PDS more popular online: Vanguard

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2007
More than 50 per cent of Vanguard's retail investors are now choosing to download their PDS rather than request a print version, according to head of marketing, Colin Bold. "In some months more recently, we've had actually up to 60 per cent," he said. ...

ASIC watching reverse mortgage materials

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUN 2007
... affected". In each of the five cases the reverse mortgage provider took action to rectify the misleading material upon ASIC's request. "Reverse mortgages are complex products and ASIC wants to ensure that consumers are responding to promotions for them ...

CHOICE rates reverse mortgages

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2007
CHOICE has reviewed 23 reverse mortgages against a range of what it believes are "good practice" standards and found 10 to be satisfactory, 11 to be not good enough and two to be poor. The results are published in the latest CHOICE consumer magazine ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2007
... tax concessions for R&D investment. The Ai Group has called for a benefit of up to 200 per cent which is an optimistic request given that the Productivity Commission's call for the existing 125 per cent concession to be limited to small firms has been ...

GESB launches advice division for members

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2007
... see financial advisory services offered by GESB. "As a member-driven organisation we are pleased to be able to meet this request and to offer personal financial advice to our members." Dolin said the move was part of offering members a complete solution. ...

Govt proposes shorter PDS

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2007
The Federal Government has released draft regulations from the Corporations and Financial Services Regulation Review showcasing a simplified corporate and financial services regulatory system, potentially resulting in abbreviated product disclosure ...