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SMSFs may be banned from buying shares off-market

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2011
... Stronger Super initiative in principle but has not yet responded to the peak body's recommendation. It is not known when a ruling will be made.

Equipsuper clears merger hurdle with Vision

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUN 2011
... that the issue had been over guaranteed union-nominated positions on the new board as has been reported. The nine-member ruling body of the merged fund will be a hybrid structure with some positions elected and some appointed. On the member side, two ...

Judgment Day bargains

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2011
... outlook from stable to negative. There's trouble in Spain too with the huge losses suffered by Prime Minister Zapatero's ruling Socialist Party at the local and regional elections. The speculation is that the new municipal governments would uncover more ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2011
... its losses. Another steep downgrade of Greece's credit rating, a warning on Italy's debt and a major defeat of Spain's ruling party caused new worries about Europe's debt crisis. Fears that Europe's debt troubles could escalate, as they did last year ...

Trio compo draft regulations released

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2011
... at a rate of $0.0001977 - or roughly 2c in every $100. The amount will be payable 28 days from the commencement of the ruling unless APRA determines a later day. The levy will be used to pay back more than 5000 investors who lost their money in the Trio ...

Game changer

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAR 2011
... are calling for increasing the budget to 4 trillion yen ($48 billion) to 5 trillion yen to shore up the economy while the ruling DPJ wants it limited to 920 billion yen - has now become moot. Government and opposition now are one in increasing fiscal ...

Buy a toaster

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAR 2011
... mandate of maximum sustainable employment and price stability." Similarly, St. Louis Fed President James Bullard is not ruling out the Fed extending its bond purchase program. In other words, QE2 is here to stay. And if not enough, we'll roll out QE3. ...

Sentiment slips on oil

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2011
... attacks along the way proved few, short and shallow. Nothing seemed able shake market confidence. Until Libya's 42-year ruling strongman -- Moammar Qaddafi - or is it Gaddafi? Kadhafi? Gadhafi? Qadhafi? - entered stage left and began bombing the bejeesus ...

US reforms open doors for tax-savvy advice

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 FEB 2011
Financial planners in the US have welcomed proposed reforms that will call to an end a government ruling that stops them from recommending certain tax strategies. The planning industry welcomed the decision of the US Senate Committee on the Judiciary ...

Trustees told to rethink ins cover strategies

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 3 FEB 2011
Super fund trustees warned to rethink cover strategies in light of the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) ruling regarding premiums paid by funds for insurance policies providing total and permanent disability (TPD) cover. The ATO general draft ruling ...