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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 JUN 2010
... down 13.00 points, or 0.13 per cent, at 9,901.19 points. The Nikkei saw a moderate rise early in the afternoon after the ruling Democratic Party of Japan elected former finance minister Naoto Kan as its new leader. Profit-taking quickly emerged to push ...

UniSuper reviews illiquidity risk

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 16 APR 2010
... risk across its investment portfolio - and while the fund currently has "limited appetite" for illiquid assets, it is not ruling out one or two more big ticket mandates in unlisted investments. John Pearce, chief investment officer of UniSuper, said ...

Payment Adviser tech gains momentum

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 APR 2010
A recent ruling by the US Federal Reserve has seen a spike in international inquiries for technology solutions created by Australian financial technology company, Payment Adviser. Payment Adviser's technology is used to enable global wire services to ...

Debt disclosure to revive agribusiness

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 9 APR 2010
... requirement won't be unreasonable. Meanwhile, unlisted MIS operators also have this information and a government-mandated ruling for them to disclose their debt would allow investors to better compare both listed and unlisted MISs. Elgin said it's important ...

UK bans commission payments from products

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAR 2010
... they are receiving," she said. Richard Klipin, chief executive at the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA), said the ruling is similar to what FSR promoted - unbundle the advice and strategy from the product implementation. Klipin did not believe ...

La de da de da

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAR 2010
... per cent against an already weakened euro. The trigger? A YouGov Plc opinion poll indicating that while Gordon Brown's ruling Labour Party would win the 10 June elections, neither Labour nor the Conservatives would gain majority seats in Parliament. ...

Fees freeze on maternity leave at Virgin Super

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2010
... encouraging all superannuation funds to follow our lead with the Super Baby Break," he said. The initiative follows the recent ruling that any employer-paid parental leave is now officially exempt from the compulsory super system.

Super funds back trustee pay disclosure

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2009
... reached over the same period. But McGuirk said there should be a mechanism in place, like an independent committee or an APRA ruling, that will allow super funds to properly remunerate their trustees without fear of an unfair public backlash overwriting ...

12 Apostles

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2009

Opt out, bailed out

MICHELLE BALTAZAR AND RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2009
The latest ruling against three people posing as "financial advisers" when they weren't licensed as advisers at all exposes the flaw in the current legislative regime where unlicensed professionals can operate outside strict compliance laws Marianna ...