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ASFA principles recommend super industry changes

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 7 SEP 2010
... available for advice paid for on a fee-for-service and that members should receive an annual projection to allow annual assessment of their super progression, while industry-wide standards on all superannuation projections should also be introduced. ...

Hung

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 AUG 2010
... needing up-to-date news and information on each of the recognized countries of the world" - will disagree with this assessment. According to its April 2010 Political Risk Index, Australia is one of 23 countries around the world with the lowest political ...

Legg Mason Permal Global Absolute Trust earns high rating

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 20 AUG 2010
Newly-launched managed fund, the Legg Mason Permal Global Absolute Return Trust (GAT), has gained a four-star rating from S&P. The GAT is essentially a daily liquidity UCITS III vehicle that aims to take advantage of a number of global equity scenarios ...

Fictional fact

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 AUG 2010
... - and it really was - a quiet day. I can't complain about today's headlines, they're positive and supportive of my assessment of the equity markets. But I cannot pick and choose and say that these positive headlines are true and the negative ones false. ...

Govt to ramp up FinLit in national school curriculum

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 AUG 2010
... teachers and online teacher training modules linked to the national curriculum. ASIC and the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) will develop the teaching materials. The Government's Financial Literacy Board will also be ...

Trustees warned as APRA toughens guidances

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 AUG 2010
... experience. The regulator has also used the revised guidances to remind trustees that not only must there be a constant assessment of director skills and an ongoing professional development program, but any restrictions on trustee whistle blowing will ...

Motor Finance Wizard withdraws interest-free loans

ASIC RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2010
... ex-gratia payments to some customers. In turn, MFW has stopped offering interest free finance, and reviewed its credit assessment criteria to avoid providing consumers with unaffordable credit. According to the statement, ASIC acknowledged the cooperative ...

Inflation no show

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUL 2010
... pro-active and forward-looking central banks in the world. Its monetary policy decisions are based on a comprehensive assessment of economic and financial market conditions and their future trajectory - not just one, old number. Recent history proves ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2010
... market reacted cautiously to a much-awaited report after stress tests on 91 European banks. Seven banks failed the assessment, according to the Committee of European Banking Supervisors. On the positive side, the market reacted favorably to better than ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUL 2010
... ($A16.08 billion). WELLINGTON - The New Zealand sharemarket fell on Thursday after stocks in the US were hit by a dour assessment of the US recovery from Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke. The benchmark NZX-50 index closed down 22.1 points, or 0.7 ...