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Tale of two extremes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 MAR 2010
... extrapolating the 2000 present into the future. It was the "New Economy" and TMT - Technology, Media and Telecommunications - sectors rule. But as history showed, these dotcoms went dotbust, sending the Nasdaq down 62 per cent lower one year later before ...

SuperAlphaFund closes shop in Australia

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAR 2010
Managed futures fund manager SuperAlphaFund is winding up its operations in Australia after setting up shop less than two years ago due to a disagreement with ASIC. SuperAlphaFund chief executive, Matthias Gaertner, said there is no exact date set for ...

J.P. Morgan hires 50 for custody business

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAR 2010
J.P. Morgan's custody business has hired 50 executives across taxation, business analytics and client servicing in the past four months to cope with client demand. Bryan Gray, managing director of sales & client relationship management at J.P. Morgan ...

Coin upgrades SoA services

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2010
Coin Software has rolled out a new Comprehensive Statement of Advice (SoA) template to help financial advisers with their admin needs. The launch was part of an upgrade for Coin Office v3.4. The Comprehensive SoA template allows advisers to provide ...

HOSTPLUS $1bn mandate up for grabs

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2010
HOSTPLUS is looking to hand out $1 billion in investment mandates across all asset classes this year. Sam Sicilia, chief investment officer of the $7 billion fund, HOSTPLUS, said they are looking to spend the sum on existing mandate top-ups and hiring ...

More SMSFs comply with ATO rules

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2010
Michael D'Ascenzo, commissioner of taxation at the Australian Tax Office, has commended the self managed super fund (SMSF) industry after the number of SMSF trustees that lodged their returns on time rose 11 per cent on the prior lodgement period. Speaking ...

Fund managers on tax alert

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2010
Fund managers could lose major clients or risk paying hefty fines if they don't comply with new tax rules which come into effect from July this year, according to one technology firm. According to Corrs Chambers Westgarth, Taxation of Financial Arrangements ...

Jobs full recovery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2010
If you believe the mantra that any economic recovery would not be sustainable without employment growth, then there is now no doubt that Australia has one sustainable economic expansion going. The latest Labour Force, Australia released by the Australian ...

Clearing house legislation reaches Parliament

MEDIA RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2010
The government inches closer towards delivering on its election promise to help small businesses by changing the rules around the processing of superannuation contributions. The law, should it come to fruition, will provide small business employers ...

When the time comes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2010
The Greek ruins. Oh no, not another Greek metaphor! Yes Virginia, you and I and many others are perhaps sick in the stomach - or sick in the head? - of all the Greek metaphors that has sprung up since the potential for a Greek debt default made the ...