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Goldman Sachs under investigation

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAY 2010
Law firm Slater & Gordon is investigating Goldman Sachs JBWere Capital Markets for allegations of misleading and deceptive conduct as well as breaches of legal duties. The investigations centre on the promotion and marketing of 'Buy Below the Market' ...

MIT tax regime modernised and simplified

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAY 2010
Fund managers around the country are breathing a big sigh of relief after the government adopts a more common sense approach to the way managed funds are taxed - a big plus for investors that have long been disadvantaged by archaic MIT tax rules. It's ...

Govt to inject $25m into 'best practice' regulation

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAY 2010
... Speaking at a post-Budget breakfast in Sydney this morning, the Minister for Financial Services, Superannuation and Corporate Law, Chris Bowen, restated the government's lofty plans to make Australia the Asia Pacific region's financial services hub. ...

... and hires three to fill research

PRESS RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 10 MAY 2010
Van Eyk has made three new appointments including former New York-based Standard & Poor's analyst, John O'Brien, as head of research. O'Brien replaces Nigel Douglas who left the firm in March to join Perpetual. He spent nine years at Standard & Poors ...

ASIC names deputy chair and commissioner

ASIC RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 10 MAY 2010
... ASIC's national executive between 1995 and 2001. Chris Bowen, minister for financial services, superannuation and corporate law, said the application and interview process was exhaustive and involved a number of first class candidates.

Global Sovereign Crisis

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAY 2010
How do you solve a problem like Athena? The bears are slowly coming back from the woodworks as the vigilantes of the bond market train their crosshairs from Greece to other Eurozone countries. And we're all getting caught in the crossfire. Is that doom ...

Savings boost for GenX and GenY

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 3 MAY 2010
... transform the lives of many Generation X and Yers with at least $70,000 added to their super savings if the proposals become law. For example, a female worker earning the average weekly income today will get an additional $78,000 while a male worker ...

Simple tax is too taxing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 MAY 2010
... economy could stumble. Fool! Hey, I heard that. But weren't a few also branded fools just before the GFC? Remember Murphy's Law, "if anything can go wrong, it will." What happens then? Can the government of the day still afford to cut taxes? Could the ...

Cooper wants collectables banned from SMSFs

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 29 APR 2010
... exotic investments are," she said. SMSFs that do own the assets that will be banned if the Review's recommendations become law will have up to 30 June 2020 - a 10-year transitional period - to dispose them or move them out of their fund. Long said that ...

Directors disqualified for 20 years

ASIC RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 29 APR 2010
ASIC has disqualified six directors in the last three months from managing corporations for a combined 20 years, following their involvement in failed companies. Of these disqualified directors, three were from Victoria, two were from Queensland and ...