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US Hedge Fund Association opens in Australia

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2013
The US-based Hedge Fund Association, a nonpartisan industry body aimed at increasing transparency and trust in alternative investments, has established an Australian chapter. The lobbying organisation's membership includes hedge funds, funds of funds ...

HLB growth leads to senior appointments

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2013
... businesses as well as business advisory activities and have also received a number of leads from our international association," HLB Mann Judd Australasian Association chairman Tony Fittler said. The HLB Mann Judd Australasian Association consists of ...

Blue Sky invests $20m in Oak Tree retirement villages

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2013
... thereafter. Blue Sky said Australia's ageing population is increasing demand in the sector, with the Retirement Village Association forecasting the need for 140,000 new ILUs over the next 15 years. "Oak Tree Group is one of the only scalable corporate ...

Self-education cap "short sighted": SPAA

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2013
The SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) has criticised the Government's proposal to cap tax deductions for professional self-education at $2000. SPAA said that the decision is "short-sighted and self-defeating" and said that a self-managed ...

SMSF 'Boost Camp' 2013 gets underway July 23

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2013
... at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre in Darling Harbour. The event, organised by the SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA), will then travel to Brisbane, Melbourne, and Adelaide, with the final day taking place in Perth on 6 August. ...

Insurers take "adversarial approach" to claims

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2013
... remuneration. "As an industry we haven't done a very good job on showing the positive outcomes of insurance," the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) chief executive Brad Fox said. To Beddoes Institute's Rebecca Sheils, "consumers had a sense that ...

US regulator lifts hedge fund advertising ban

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2013
... fraudster. Experience tells us that this will lead to economic disaster for many investors." The US-based Hedge Fund Association (HFA) applauded the SEC's decision as "a necessary modernisation of the securities laws." The HFA said it believed the new ...

Self-education cap could prevent professional development

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2013
The government's proposal to impose a $2,000 cap on tax deductions for self-education has raised concerns that the measure will impede professional development. The Institute of Chartered Accountants Australia (ICAA) and CPA Australia are two of the ...

Newpin SBB benefits from international legal expertise

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2013
... which works with Australian children living in foster care to return them safely to their families. Allen & Overy's association with Social Ventures Australia comes after the international law firm advised on a similar bond program in the United Kingdom. ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2013
... futures contract was up 35 points at 4,783. In economic news on Friday, the Australian Industry Group/Housing Industry Association performance of construction index (PCI) for month just ended is due out. No major equities news is expected. In Australia ...