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A fresh take on deductible contributions

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2008
... employee's earnings for a financial year may qualify for a deduction on their own contributions to super. Shirlow suggests that plans for the co-contribution regime could be integrated with the extension of the deductibility of personal contributions ...

The future of super

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2007
... future. "Large funds on a net risk-adjusted basis outperform smaller funds, the main reason is costs are lower. Pension plans that are in US$5 billion to US$10 billion range and have less than 50,000 members are too small to be economically defensive ...

BTIM raises $247m

... will go to repaying the loan from the Westpac Group used to purchase the business now operated by BTIM. Westpac announced plans to partially float BTIM, a subsidiary of BT Financial Group, in August this year. The float is in relation to BT's investment ...

First Quadrant launches fund for all seasons

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 6 DEC 2007
... approaches can be," he said. First Quadrant manages $47 billion in assets for international corporate and public pension plans, foundations, high net worth individuals and US domestic and offshore funds. Asset management company, Affiliated Managers ...

Non-TFN tax attack

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2007
... Disability Benefits and even their Salary Continuance and Income Protection Benefits associated with their superannuation plans and, they will never be able to get the cover again," he said. The Australian Tax Office (ATO) estimates that almost 1.1 million ...

Telstra Super signs Charles River for direct portfolio management

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2007
... amounted to $800 million at end September said research group Rainmaker. In a statement, Charles River said Telstra also plans to adopt its Financial Information eXchange (FIX) electronic trading technology. Charles River provides technology systems ...

Fujitsu spices up competition

Fujitsu Consulting has flagged plans to become a major player in the financial services sector next year, following its acquisition of local consulting business Chartres Business Solutions. As part of its expansion, the group has appointed ex Gartner ...

Perfect storm

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2007
... be establishing solar farms to power its own campus. But the corporation has recently said it is radically upgrading its plans and intends to pour tens of millions of dollars each year into solar farms and create large scale solar generation projects ...

EISS offloads direct property

... superannuation fund Energy Industries Superannuation Scheme has sold its entire direct property portfolio for $225 million with plans to redirect the proceeds into global listed and unlisted property trusts. The group has sold Macquarie Tower in Parramatta ...

Goldman Sachs Gives

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2007
... wish to donate to, with Goldman Sachs paying for all costs attributed to the on-going operations of the fund. The company plans to contribute to the fund, but this donation will not be a substitution to its existing charitable donations. Lloyd Blankfein ...