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ASIC supports updates to disclosure rules

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2012
The Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC) has welcomed the ASX's updated continuous disclosure rules and guidance, which had been the centre of much confusion in recent months. The update follows failed legal action against Fortescue ...

Zenith upgrades State Street ETFs

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2012
Zenith Investment Partners has upgraded its rating of one State Street equity exchange-traded fund (ETF) and reaffirmed three others following its latest analysis. The State Street Global Investors (SSgA) S&P/ASX 200 Fund has been upgraded from 'recommended' ...

Public pension deficit exceeds $1trn

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2012
The 100 largest US-based public pensions face a funding deficit of $1.2 trillion, $300 billion more than the pension providers have reported themselves, according to a new study by Milliman. The consulting and actuarial firm's first Public Pension Funding ...

Guidance sought on Wellington's share distrib plans

MARK STORY  |  MONDAY, 15 OCT 2012
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has commenced proceedings in the Federal Court challenging whether Wellington Capital Limited (Wellington) is legally able to distribute shares, as opposed to cash, to the unitholders in the ...

Hultgren appointed MDRT Australia chairman

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 15 OCT 2012
Geelong based financial adviser and Principal of Chapman Welsh Financial Services Ross Hultgren has been appointed Australian national chairperson of the Million Dollar Round Table (MDRT). The MDRT is one of the premier global associations for financial ...

$1bn unpaid contributions returned

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2012
The Industry Funds Credit Control, the fund that collects bad superannuation debts from companies, has just passed the $1 billion threshold for how much unpaid super it has passed back to industry fund members. Unpaid superannuation contributions total ...

Urbanisation fuelling resource demand

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2012
Despite concerns over China's slowdown, urbanisation both there and around the world will continue to fuel demand for Australian commodities, said one of Asia's largest asset managers. Recent research suggests that that another 3 billion people will ...

Overseas investors' demand replacement of LM as RE

MARK STORY  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2012
Unitholders in a group of mortgage funds - plus a significant number of overseas investors - want to replace the Gold Coast-based LM Investment Management (LM) with Trilogy Funds Management Limited (Trilogy) as the Responsible Entity (RE). LM is the ...

Time to buy the bad news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2012
They just won't stop coming, do they? Yes them, the bad news. This time it came courtesy of the World Bank (WB). The WB went on a chopping spree - slashing its growth outlook for the Asia and the Pacific region to 7.2% this year and 7.6% in 2013 - down ...

Omega bullish on sovereign investing

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2012
Investors are encouraged to leave their fear of sovereign investing at the door as a shift in the global government bond market indicates promises of reliable returns, new Omega Global Investors research has shown. Despite the European government bond ...