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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2008
The Australian stock market may decline today after US equities and commodities declined overnight. At 0748 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index futures contract was down 31 points at 5,110. In news today, the Australian ...

ASFA supports same sex super bill

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2008
The Association of Superannuation Funds (ASFA) is backing the government's proposal to change the law and allow same sex couples to access a partner's superannuation death benefit easier and more tax effectively. In its submission to the Senate Standing ...

ALP wants industry funds on awards

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2007
... default funds for people on awards. Dutton highlighted the retirement incomes section of the ALP National Platform and Constitution for 2007 that said "Awards should contain not-for-profit funds as the default fund." "Labor wants to give unions the right ...

Finsia members approve sale

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2007
... members a condition of the sale, although there was no requirement for membership approval under the Finsia Education constitution," Shepherd told members. "As outlined in my letter of 1 June, your board will work with regional councils and other interested ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2007
... index closed at 6,004.28 points, up 14.15 or 0.24 per cent. TOKYO - The Japanese stock markets were closed for the Constitution day holiday. On Wednesday the Nikkei closed up 119.94 points at 17,394.92. HONG KONG - Blue chips climbed 1.44 per cent as ...

FPA member fined and expelled

NICK OLIVER  |  MONDAY, 26 FEB 2007
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has expelled a member in the continuing fallout from the Westpoint disaster. Western Australian planner Annemieke de Boer of Centro Financial Synergy was charged with 35 breaches of the FPA's Code of Ethics and ...

MFAA rules under fire

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  THURSDAY, 8 FEB 2007
... akin to third-line forcing. MFAA chief executive Phil Naylor said members met last July to review the association's constitution, with a particular focus on its membership rules. "Up until then the only members with voting rights were business members. ...

AUSTRAC's power to be checked

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 DEC 2006
A Senate Committee report on the government's proposed anti-money laundering legislation has responded to finance industry concerns with recommendations for a longer implementation period and curbs on the power of AUSTRAC, the body that will administer ...

Finsia takes off with a new president

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAY 2006
... Meeting (AGM), held today. The AGM was the last step in the transition, with the name change made 'legal', a new constitution adopted and the board reduced from 16 directors to 11. Former SIA and now Finsia chief executive officer, Brian Salter, said ...

Aust Unity lays ground for ASX listing

Australian Unity members have given the green light to change the fund's constitution taking it a step closer to demutualisation and a likely sharemarket float. At the AGM yesterday, members have voted in favor of a change in their constitution which ...