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ETS is upside down

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2008
... but we must get the model right. If it's a choice between a complex policy that will work or an easier one that will not, let's opt for the former."

Future Fund is $652m richer

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2008
... the fund's $55 billion, and growing, wallet. "We're in the business of making lots of decisions over long periods of time so let's try and perfect that decision-making approach before we start working about a particular pool of money in a particular ...

Let's make the ETS workable: BCA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2008
Business Council of Australia (BCA) criticisms of the government's emissions trading system are not a rearguard action against fighting climate change, but constructive suggestions about how to make it work better. Speaking at the Sydney Institute last ...

New era in fee disclosure

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 5 AUG 2008
Thousands of planners are at risk of losing their industry accreditation if they haven't complied with a little known industry guideline on trail fees that took effect this year. Two years ago, the Financial Planning Association (FPA) introduced four ...

Sub-prime divorce binge

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2008
... fund managers. According to a report in the Economist magazine, City couples in London whose wealth was previously enough to let them overlook their differences, are now untying the knot. A survey commissioned to investigate the sub-prime to divorce ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2008
The Australian stock market is expected to pull back yesterday's steep losses after Wall St was buoyed by a drop in the oil price and positive consumer confidence data. On the Sydney Futures exchange, the September share price index futures contract ...

APRA to review super fund stats

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2008
... losses reported. APRA's deputy chair Ross Jones said, "If people believe that aggregate stats are less than appropriate then let's have a discussion about greater disaggregation. We're actually capable of producing disaggregated statistics." "What we'll ...

CFA decorates Ambachtsheer

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2008
The CFA Institute awarded Keith Ambachtsheer the James R. Vertin Award for his continued work in pension research. The award recognises research that remains relevant and continues to provide value to investment professionals. Ambachtsheer is a director ...

Gen Y risks high fees

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2008
... Y employees might be vulnerable to missing out on these discounts, it is important to note that many corporate trusts now let employees transfer these deals to their new employer base. legalsuper specialises in providing superannuation for the Australian ...

Smaller funds to plateau

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2008
... Information associate director of research, Andrew Keevers. "A lot of companies have said that 'it's not for us anymore - let's get out'. The sector is slowing down and I predict it will plateau to about 50 to 100 funds in the next five years," said ...