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FinLit teachers package released

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2008
... better equipped to make informed consumer decisions," said Senator Nick Sherry, minister for superannuation and corporate law. The resource materials will be incorporated into core school curriculum subjects, including English and mathematics, and across ...

Govt outlines credit reg reforms

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2008
... non-bank lending and trustee companies to the Commonwealth. Senator Nick Sherry, minister for superannuation and corporate law, said, "This is about better protection of the Mums and Dads who take out a mortgage and deserve to know that the brokers selling ...

House prices volatile but chance of big fall lesson

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2008
Volatility is now beginning to show in house prices in Sydney and Melbourne but the chance of significant price falls is diminishing, according to RP Data/Rismark International. Recent fluctuations in the capital growth rates, where growth rates move ...

Franklin Templeton adds to real estate division

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2008
... direct and indirect real estate investments. Herczeg was also an associate in the corporate finance division of the global law firm, Clifford Chance US LLP, for five years. At FTREA, Herczeg will be responsible for sourcing and managing the due diligence ...

Allianz opens Mid East office and funds

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2008
... which are based on existing strategies. Both equity funds will be rigorously monitored to ensure they comply with Islamic law by a Shariah board which consists of Sheik Nizam Yaquby, Sheik Osama Mohammed Saad Bahar and Muhammad Humayon Abbas Dar. "We ...

Macq Prof Series appoints head of retail

... advisers and their clients." Stewart holds a degree in Political Science and is currently completing a Masters in International Law and International Relations. Cameron Boggs

Research and rating firms welcome Govt review

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2008
... the recent financial market turmoil and subsequent corporate collapses. Yesterday minister for superannuation and corporate law, Senator Nick Sherry, announced ASIC and the Treasury, with the input of the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) ...

Buck stops with trustees

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2008
... they have evolved different ways of executing their roles, said Senator Nick Sherry minister for superannuation and corporate law. The operational differences will need to be reviewed in "due course", he said when asked whether retail fund trustees can ...

Emissions trading won't fix climate change: expert

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2008
... is a much better solution. Fell is the MP who introduced the private members bill in 2000 that led to the German national law requiring their country to have among the most aggressive carbon reduction targets in the world. His views about emissions trading ...

Australians wary of advice commissions

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2008
... professionals in the sector. According to the poll, which surveyed 1201 respondents, 84 per cent agree that there should be a law requiring financial advisers to "provide advice only in their clients' best interests". "The focus of the poll is to look ...