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ASIC restructures staff line-up

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 25 AUG 2008
... corporate general counsel of large companies. Kingston's areas of practice will including banking and finance, commercial law and companies and securities. Also a result of the review, the new structure of ASIC's new financial economy division will be ...

Credit investors put bond issuers on notice

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2008
The general manager finance and tax at Wesfarmers, Luigi Mottolini, spent a good part of May and June leading a roadshow to meet with local credit investors. The aim of the meetings was to repair relations with bond portfolio managers and analysts who ...

Once lost, now found: super

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2008
... and so on," said Maxine Jacona, legalsuper's chief operating officer. Meanwhile, minister for superannuation and corporate law, Senator Nick Sherry has welcomed "Super and Us Mob" - a new super booklet targeted at the indigenous community. The booklet ...

Govt revises temporary res super bill

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2008
... cuts employer compliance costs and allows overseas workers' super savings to grow while they remain in Australia. The revised law means employers will be able to make superannuation guarantee payments for temporary residents the same way it would a typical ...

New super book for indigenous mob

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 5 AUG 2008
... superannuation, providing tax file numbers and information about death benefits. Minister for superannuation and corporate law, Senator Nick Sherry, said the booklet is designed to assist indigenous super fund members understand superannuation. "This ...

Account switching is too much trouble

... completing the paperwork and paying exit fees were the things that deterred consumers from switching accounts. The Consumer Action Law Centre (CALC), in its submission, has criticised the ABA for not allowing for any redress if banks flout the guidelines. ...

Remarried war vet widows get pension

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2008
Widows and widowers of war veterans who might have had their pensions stopped after they remarried are now able to access their funds again under new government rules. According to the $3 billion Military Super, the Superannuation Act 1922, the Defence ...

ASFA supports same sex super bill

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2008
The Association of Superannuation Funds (ASFA) is backing the government's proposal to change the law and allow same sex couples to access a partner's superannuation death benefit easier and more tax effectively. In its submission to the Senate Standing ...

UBS faces multi-billion lawsuit

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2008
UBS Securities and UBS Financial Services in the US are embroiled in a multi-billion dollar fraud lawsuit filed by the New York State Attorney General, Andrew Cuomo. Cuomo's lawsuit charges UBS with falsely selling and marketing auction rate securities ...

Hillross board siphons industry expertise

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2008
Hillross has established a wealth management think tank to mitigate risk, create wealth protection strategies and fine tune the firm's operations in the investment space. Hilross recently unveilled its Technical Advice Board made up of industry experts ...