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NSW Govt to launch biodiversity fund

... brainchild of the NSW Department of the Environment and Climate Change, the scheme is two-pronged. There will be a public register that will list details about the biodiversity credits and there will be a public trust fund, called the Biobanking Trust ...

Demography is destiny: IGR

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2007
Treasurer Peter Costello has released the updated Intergenerational Report (IGR) showing that while the impact of population ageing is Australia's biggest policy challenge, incorporating its imperatives into Government policy can pay big dividends later ...

SELECT taps into futures with new fund

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAR 2007
Select Asset Management has partnered with alternative investment specialist Aspect Capital to launch the Select Futures Fund, a managed fund offering retail investors access to global financial, currency and commodity futures markets. Brendan Foley ...

SEC considers limits to private hedge funds investing

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAR 2007
The Investment Company Institute in US has come out strongly in support of the Security and Exchange Commission's (SEC) recommendations that individuals investing in hedge funds must have at least A$3.2 million in private investments. "This requirement ...

Margin calls up but investors not down

... specialist for nearly 20 years, said that the sudden market dip didn't affect his clients. "What happened two days ago didn't register with us. We've been in margin lending for 15 years and survived two stock market crashes over that time. This was nothing," ...

Perpetual repatriates UK pension benefits

NICK OLIVER  |  TUESDAY, 13 FEB 2007
The British pensions regulator, Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs, has awarded Perpetual Wealthfocus 'Qualifying Registered Overseas Pension Scheme' (QROPS) status as part of recent legislative changes. This recognition means that UK expatriates will ...

Save money, save water: X Inc

... officer at an HR firm while Rushton and Kolenda were senior managers at Aussie Home Loans. With around 220 brokers on its register, the group has hired another 20 last month and aims to increase its broker number by around 10 per cent each month. Michelle ...

End for scheme scamming Greek community

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2007
An unregistered managed investment scheme has been ordered into liquidation and its directors banned from carrying on a similar business after they raised over $2.5 million from investors, predominantly from Melbourne's Greek community. The Supreme ...

All is not lost

... of the biggest changes come July is that the ATO won't recognise "unclaimed super by inactive members" under the new register. "That could easily reduce the amount of lost super in our register by roughly 40 per cent," said the spokesman from Ausfund. ...

Industry catches on to IFSA/FPA code

NICK OLIVER  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JAN 2007
An assessment by the Financial Planning Association (FPA) and Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) has revealed almost universal compliance levels for the IFSA/FPA Joint Code of Practice on Alternative Forms of Remuneration, devised ...