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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2010
... and B shares, was up 7.01 points at 3,158.86. WELLINGTON - The prices of listed property trusts fell after the Tax Working Group recommended the Government consider a land tax and removal of depreciation allowances on buildings. Overall, the New Zealand ...

PE managers should not mislead: IOSCO

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2009
... adequate protection and markets remain fair, efficient and transparent." The Technical Committee is a specialised working group established by IOSCO's Executive Committee, made up of 18 agencies that regulate some of the world's larger, more developed ...

FPA board approves move away from commissions

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2009
... and adequately labeled environment where clients benefit from unbiased advice. The association has set up a member working group to discuss remuneration principles for risk products and also a working group to review how corporate superannuation will ...

National clearing house shake-up

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2009
As the government moves closer to firming up its plans for how to deliver its national superannuation clearing house, new models are emerging regarding how it could be done. In the May Budget last year, the Rudd government announced it had allocated ...

Sherry's to-do list for 2009

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2009
... lending will be properly regulated in Australia at a national level," he said. The Government's Financial Services Working Group is working on simplifying disclosure documents for margin loans, and consultation on new disclosure documents are already ...

GFC pushes ASIC to let funds provide limited advice

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2008
... allowed to provide limited advice to members is currently being reviewed by the government's Financial Services working group, if this temporary relief measure proves successful, it is highly likely it will influence the government and regulators to ...

Wickham wins actuary of the year

MEDIA RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2008
... many submissions on superannuation tax reform during 2006. "And as convenor of the Institute's Benefit Projections Working Group, he has led the Institute's work in the area of universal retirement income forecasts and benefit calculators for superannuation ...

SWFs finalise principles

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2008
... Ministry of Finance of Chile conference, John Lipsky, first deputy managing director of IMF said the International Working Group (IWG) had agreed upon a set of voluntary practices referred to as the 'Santiago Principles'. He said the IWG is scheduled ...

Top platforms give Basis investors helping hand

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2008
... providers have teamed up to establish a good will fund for embattled Basis Capital investors. The IFSA Basis Capital Working Group, made up of Asgard, BT Financial Group, Synergy Capital Management, Avanteos/Colonial First State, Oasis, ING Australia ...

Introducing the Burnie Pub PDS

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2008
... advice," said Sherry. Tanner said the First Home Saver PDS is the first installment of work from the Financial Services Working Group (FSWG), a group of industry players that include representatives in superannuation, fund management and financial planning. ...