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Co-contribs bungle is costing taxpayers: Hartsuyker

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 12 APR 2010
The Australian Tax Office's superannuation co-contribution suspension could cost taxpayers at least $1 million, according to shadow minister, Luke Hartsuyker. Hartsuyker, shadow minister for consumer affairs, financial services, superannuation and corporate ...

Bill backed for calling placement agents lobbyists

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 8 APR 2010
A US retirement assembly has backed a bill treating placement agents as "lobbyists", in a bid to help protect the integrity of the nation's two largest public pension funds. Assembly member Ed Hernandez, who helped author the bill, said the vote meant ...

Epoch focus on free cash flow pays dividends

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2010
New York Life Investments liked Epoch Investment Partners' free cash flow strategies so much they bypassed the norm of buying equity in the company or hiring them as a fund manager among many - opting instead to tie up a strategic partnership deal that ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2010
Australian stocks were almost one per cent higher at noon led by the major miners as investors await the central bank's cash rate decision. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 40.6 points, or 0.83 per cent, at 4,948.3, while the broader ...

Super funds gain merger loss relief

GOVERNMENT RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAR 2010
The government is changing legislation that will provide loss relief for superannuation funds that merge. The amendments are designed to remove tax impediments to mergers between super funds. The changes mean eligible super funds can roll over capital ...

PIMCO Australia draws record $30bn FUM

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAR 2010
PIMCO Australia posted its biggest year ever in 2009, with funds under management (FUM) up 36 per cent to $30 billion - but with the higher FUM comes the onus to better navigate sovereign risk. Peter Dorrian, PIMCO's head of global wealth management ...

When old news is good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAR 2010
Wall Street must have gotten up on the right side of the bed today. Well the Dow has been in 10 of the past 11 trading days. But last night, it was more cheerful. The pace of the Dow's upward march nearly doubled - closing almost 1 per cent higher on ...

Instos lobby for Main Street

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 22 MAR 2010
US institutional investors and experts have banded together to offer lawmakers a list of "do's and don'ts" in governance reforms as the Senate Banking Committee mulls over a bill by chairman Christopher Dodd to plug regulatory gaps exposed by the GFC. ...

End game

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2010
America is zeroing in on China's weapon of mass destruction - the "overvalued renminbi". Yes Virginia, the US is drawing up battle plans as I write. According to Bloomberg, "Five senators including Charles Schumer of New York and Lindsey Graham of South ...

Ex Macquarie broker pleads guilty

ASIC RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAR 2010
Former Macquarie Equities broker Newton Chan has pleaded guilty to eight counts of market manipulation. Chan of Balwyn, Victoria, pleaded guilty to market manipulation contrary to section 1041A of the Corporations Act 2001. The charges, brought by the ...