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Govt flags August for market supervision transfer

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUN 2010
... 2010 Annual Stockbrokers Conference yesterday, Chris Bowen, minister for Financial Services, Superannuation and Corporate Law, said no decision has been made on Chi-X's licence application because the regulatory framework had not been signed off. "Given ...

Korea's big four dominate pensions

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUN 2010
... assets, followed by Samsung Investments with 13 per cent of assets. Korea's corporate pension schemes are not based on trust law. Instead they operate on the basis of a series of contractual agreements with various financial entities that perform as ...

AFA airs planner worries on fin reforms

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUN 2010
... has met in Canberra last week with members of Treasury, the minister for financial services, superannuation and corporate law, Chris Bowen and the shadow minister, Luke Hartsuyker. Klipin said the association is encouraged by the bipartisan debate on ...

Changing of the guard at Temasek

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 31 MAY 2010
... Sandrasegara has been appointed head of portfolio management. He is currently the managing partner at one of Singapore's top law firms, WongPartnership. He will bring over 20 years of legal experience including mergers and acquisitions, covering both ...

Great Southern investors fight back

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAY 2010
Macpherson + Kelley Lawyers has filed a lawsuit for Great Southern investors seeking the court to void loans given to invest into failed agribusiness investment schemes, including loans provided by Adelaide Bank. The class action covers 1,700 investors ...

US consumers to the rescue

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAY 2010
... Foreign Exchange saying that the European banks' problems will be "Lehman times Ten." Sure it may happen, if Newton's third law of motion doesn't apply. Remember it? "For every action, there's an equal and opposite reaction." European authorities are ...

Aviva boosts business development team

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAY 2010
... and directly with dealer groups and IFAs. He previously held senior distribution positions and has a corporate and taxation law background. Boetto will work closely with Craig Bingham, Aviva Investors chief executive, Asia Pacific, to build sales in ...

CalPERS reprimands board member

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAY 2010
... publicly censured board member Priya Sara Mathur after she repeatedly failed to file the statements, when she was required by law to do so. The board voted to suspend Mathur's travel privileges until 1 December, except for travel to and from board and ...

Govt consults on advice reforms

GOVERNMENT RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAY 2010
... the accountants exemption and how advisers are charged. The Minister for Financial Services, Superannuation and Corporate Law, Chris Bowen, said he welcomed the industry board support for the reforms because it will go a long way to improving the trust ...

Gold is hip again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 MAY 2010
... of Global Financial Crisis -- when anything that could go wrong did - financial markets are again subscribing to Murphy's Law. After a collective shout of hallelujah, financial markets now consider the European Union/IMF 750 billion rescue package either ...