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Gilbert to retire

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2009
... of the Superannuation Guarantee, greater disclosure of commissions by life insurance agents and what would later become the SIS Act. Gilbert then joined the Credit Union Services Corporation as general manager of wholesale distribution in the mid-1990s ...

SMSF trustee fails sole purpose test

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2008
... Castlecrag, New South Wales, appeared in the Downing Centre Local Court after being charged under sections 62 and 202 of the SIS Act. ASIC found he had failed to ensure a self-managed superannuation fund known as the Little Super Fund (LSF) was maintained ...

Sisyphian challenge

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2008
Like the mythical king Sisyphus, fiscal and monetary authorities continue to push a huge boulder up a hill only to watch it roll back down. But while Sisyphus rolled the same rock over and over, the global boulder authorities are trying to push over ...

Trustee education top issue for SMSFs: Pearce

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2008
... presented to Parliament last year indicated that an estimated 10 per cent of SMSFs were likely to be non-compliant with their SIS Act requirements. "The troubling aspect of the trustee issue is that while self managed superannuation can be a very effective ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2008
The Australian stock market is expected to open relatively flat today, but may rise slightly after oil continued to slide. At 0750 AEST, the September share price index futures contract on the Sydney Futures exchange was 15 points higher at 4,986. Today's ...

Takeovers Panel adds five

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2008
Minister for superannuation and corporate law, Nick Sherry, has appointed five new members, including Andrew Sisson from Balanced Equity Management, to the Takeovers Panel. The 52-member group was created to provide a mechanism for peer review of company ...

Short selling shouldn't be sold short

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2008
The overreaction against short selling and securities lending need to calm down, said Greenwich Alternative Investments. "Short selling provides liquidity and allows you to make calls in both directions," said Ryan Pearson, Greenwich senior vice president ...

ATO warns on super loans

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2008
... retirement. Super fund trustees have been free to borrow to acquire assets since last September, when an amendment to the SIS Act removed long-standing restrictions on borrowing. The main beneficiaries of this change are expected to be trustees of self ...

Good wine, good advice

Hunter Valley may be better known as the haven of award-winning wine but it is also a source of award-winning financial advice. Hunter region-based financial planner Jennifer Leslie has received the Financial Planner of the Year Award at the 2007 Hillross ...

So much to do, so little time

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2008
... and the HOPE NOW alliance for dealing with sub-prime crisis. In Australia we just unimaginatively call ours CLERP, FSR or SIS.