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EQT to take Trust-Perpetual acquisition to ACCC

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUN 2013
... "actively considering ways and means of incorporating a cash component in the revised offer." EQT recently issued a revised proposal of acquisition after The Trust Company board recommended shareholders to accept the Perpetual proposal. "We continue ...

PJC to hold TASA hearing tomorrow

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2013
... told Financial Standard. The Association of Financial Advisers will also present its views at the PJC and will submit a proposal for an amendment of the bill. Last week, the Government extended the exemption for financial advisers of the TASA bill.

APRA finalises Stronger Super reporting standards

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2013
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has updated its Stronger Super data requirements from funds following reaction from trustees. APRA has written to funds explaining the adjustments, which are technical and highly detailed. The outcome ...

Government scraps proposed SMSF transfer changes

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2013
... Bill 2013 banning self-managed super funds (SMSF) from carrying out off-market transfers of listed securities. Under the proposal, unlisted securities with no formal market would need to be independently valued before they could be transferred into an ...

Mercer tests the water of 'fair capitalism'

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2013
... proposals aimed at encouraging longer term investment were put to the audience. The audience was then asked to vote on which proposal would have the 'most impact', which would be 'easiest to implement', and which would 'never happen'. The proposals included ...

Shorten slams opposition's 'freeze-frame' super plans

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2013
Financial Services and Superannuation Minister Bill Shorten has used the passing of the Tax and Superannuation Laws Amendment (2013 Measures No 1) Bill 2013 into the House of Representatives to slam the Opposition's plans to delay an increase in compulsory ...

EQT gives more time to The Trust Company

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2013
... and the timing for any shareholder meeting to consider the sale to Perpetual not set, the current status of Perpetual's proposal is unclear," EQT chairman JA Killen said. EQT recently issued a revised proposal of acquisition after The Trust Company board ...

AUI investors approve property fund merger

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2013
... (SIT) have voted in favour of a merge with AUI's Office Property Fund (OPF) at a meeting of investors in Melbourne. The proposal, which had the support of 89.8% of voters, will see the creation of a $360 million property fund holding commercial properties ...

Retirees could benefit from a vibrant annuities market

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2013
At the Actuaries Summit held in Sydney this week, Professor Anthony Asher of the Actuaries Institute's Retirement Income Working Group stressed the need to develop a "vibrant annuity market", in line with much of the rest of the world. "It's very difficult ...

Yuan to float free, in our dreams

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2013