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Capital raisings shun small investors: ISS

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 17 AUG 2010
... year period were applied to debt reduction and balance sheet strengthening. But the review found that transparency and fairness in Australian equity capital raisings remains sorely lacking. "The right of existing investors to maintain their ownership ...

AFAC and APESB launch fresh debate on fiduciary duty

MICHELLE BALTAZAR, MEDIA RELEASES  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2010
... new research that found many investors who use financial advisers want choice on how they remunerate their planner. "In fairness to the APESB, I think we should have that discussion directly with them rather than going through the issues and the arguments ...

Auscoal switches to daily unit pricing

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUL 2010
... unit pricing is the most common method used by super funds to value members' accounts. It will also provide "greater fairness" to members, with a better breakdown of account values as opposed to weekly valuations. The move will also allow better integration ...

PM repeats calls to make Australia a fin services hub

... Superannuation Guarantee Charge in 1993. "These reforms will help working families by improving the adequacy and the fairness and the efficiency of the retirement income of millions, literally millions, of Australians and these reforms will strengthen ...

HOSTPLUS and ME drop Melbourne Storm

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 23 APR 2010
... December 2008. "As an organisation, ME Bank believes in the principles of strong governance, transparency, integrity and fairness and we seek to ensure that all of our corporate and community partnerships uphold these same values," said Jamie McPhee ...

Legalsuper starts unit pricing

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2010
... now be priced weekly with the new prices updated each Wednesday of the following week. "Unitisation will mean greater fairness to all members than with the current crediting rate system," noted the fund. "In addition, weekly unit prices will allow us ...

Hong Kong cracks down on Lehman Bros

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2009
... enforcement process. Before making a final determination in these cases, we have to go through due process to ensure fairness, including giving the subjects of investigation an opportunity to be heard," said a HKMA spokesperson. According to a media ...

IFSA launches superannuation Charter

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2009
... IFSA chief executive Richard Gilbert said the Charter "has three commitments to super fund members - informed choice, fairness and competition. "It contains recommendations to lift the bar in both public policy and industry practice. While some recommendations ...

Superannuation wins in Cabinet reshuffle

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2009
... overarching superannuation and pensions policy role - particularly with his previous experience in driving reforms to fairness in contracts law, banking and competition policy - indicates the reshuffle has added weight to the government's commitment ...

Super concession cuts were overdue

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2009
... superannuation tax concessions are signs of things to come as the government gets on with a program it says will restore fairness to the system. "It is appropriate that those who are better off should help those not so well off," said Shane Oliver, chief ...