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FOFA: Government extends soft-dollar benefit ban to non-super risk insurance

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2011
... liberating feeling to know that nobody can buy you." For your chance to have your say on the proposed legislation visit the Treasury website here.

Industry body applauds move to define financial planners

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2011
... term 'financial planner' by law, obliging advisers to prove their credentials before offering services to clients. The Treasury has drawn praise from industry bodies for announcing plans to release the paper by the end of the year to determine how restrictions ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2011
... Bank to shore up its capital base. BofA shares rose 1.4 per cent to $7.76. Bond prices rose. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note dropped to 2.19 per cent from 2.22 per cent late on Thursday, while that on the 30-year bond fell to 3.53 per cent from ...

NZ Govt to enrol extra 1m into Kiwisaver

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2011
... subsidies that included tax credits and the $NZ1,000 'kick-start' bonus. Further complicating the debate is a recent NZ Treasury report released last month, KiwiSaver: An Initial Evaluation of the Impact on Retirement Saving, that revealed only one-third ...

Treasury Group "transformational" year

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2011
Treasury Group is preparing to expand into the UK and Europe with mature acquisitions on the cards as it releases its full year results, including a 13.9% rise in FUM. The company posted mix results yesterday. Its consolidated profit after tax of $10 ...

Fed policy options galore

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 AUG 2011
... there's still six left to try (perhaps more). Option 3. "... announcing explicit ceilings for yields on longer-maturity Treasury debt (say, bonds maturing within the next two years). The Fed could enforce these interest-rate ceilings by committing to ...

Submissions open on excess super contribution cap refund rules

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 18 AUG 2011
... which will lower the risk of excess contributions," she said. To have your say and to view the consultation paper, see Treasury's website here. Closing date for submissions is September 7.

Former Liberal leader named Equiti Capital chair

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 16 AUG 2011
... Opposition leader from April 1990 to May 1994 for the Liberal party, Hewson was formerly an economist for the Australian Treasury (Census and Statistics), the Reserve Bank of Australia, the International Monetary Fund and the UN. He also held roles as ...

Trading volatility can protect portfolio from big swings

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2011
... he said. "US stocks went down, emerging markets went down even more, corporate bonds went down - but not as much - and Treasury bonds rose," he said. "But what else went up in 2008?" "Gold went up and the volatility index went up." Emerging markets gave ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2011
... 4,164. In economics news on Friday, the Australian Office of Financial Management (AOFM) issues $700 million of May 2021 Treasury Bonds. In equities, Mount Gibson Iron Ltd and Pharmaxis Ltd issue full year results. On Thursday, the Australian share market ...