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Short selling faces revamp

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2008
... to take additional steps by establishing a rule that would declare abusive "naked" short selling as fraud. "This rule proposal will help protect and enhance the operation, integrity and stability of the markets in the clearance and settlement system ...

MFS breaches $184m loan

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2008
... without the approval of the bank. "As a condition of the standstill agreement, the bank has requested that MFSIM submit a proposal for the orderly realisation of assets to repay the loan. MFSIM is currently finalising this proposal with its advisors," ...

Trust and Equity Trustees in merger talks

... market cap. Trust has confirmed the possible merger but wrote in an ASX statement that its board is yet to consider a proposal and neither parties have conducted due diligence. "Consequently there is no certainty that a transaction of any form will occur." ...

Tele-underwriting with a health check

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2008
Pathrec has unveiled a tele-underwriting service by a medical service provider for planners and insurers as the firm moves to take a slice of the growing insurance market. According to Pathrec chief executive, Olga Tomic, TeleCheck is an outsourcing ...

Govt creates super advisory

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2008
The federal government has created a Superannuation Advisory Group to provide technical expertise and consultation on relevant proposals within the superannuation industry. The Superannuation Advisory Group met at Parliament House in Canberra for the ...

AWU campaigns for opt-in super

... super fund. In an articled published in today's Sydney Morning Herald and Melbourne Age, Howes has changed his original proposal to ditch tax cuts all together in favour of diverting the money into superannuation savings. "Each individual Australian ...

Fed govt tightens foreign investment rules

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 19 FEB 2008
The federal government has outlined a set of principles which screens foreign investments into Australia to ensure future investment projects are in line with the country's national interest. The principles examine if particular foreign investment projects ...

MFS seeks name change to GEO

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2008
... Group' as it seeks to distance itself from the recent turmoil surrounding the listed business, MFS Limited. Under the proposal MFS Diversified will be renamed GEO Property Group, MFS Diversified trust renamed GEO Property Trust and MFS Diversified Limited ...

Cutting our energy usage has long way to go

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2008
Despite all our apparent concern with conserving energy, Australians still have of long way to go to change and lower their energy and carbon footprints, reveals the 2008 ABS Yearbook. Solar energy is used by only 4 per cent of households as the primary ...

ING IM and Credit Agricole win $1.1b Philippine mandate

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 5 FEB 2008
... Garcia said, due to the limited investment opportunities in the Philippines. He said ING IM's initial asset allocation proposal included global high dividend, global property securities, global fixed income and alternative investments. David McClatchy ...