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Pragnell moves to APCA

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2008
... policy and best practice, Brad Pragnell, has resigned to take a role as head of industry policy at the Australian Payment Clearing Association (APCA). Pragnell will start his new role in May. "In the end, the opportunity to take a critical role in defining ...

ASIC investigates Opes Prime

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2008
... the Corporations Act by the firm. The regulator confirmed Opes Prime had been suspended as a trading, settlement and clearing participant of the ASX yesterday evening. According to a Deloitte statement, Opes Primes directors appointed John Lindholm and ...

Choice system to cost $90m: CitiStreet

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2008
... revealed the findings in a whitepaper and is now calling for a better super payments strategy as the government's Super Clearing House system draws closer to implementation. "We support the concept of Choice of Fund and strongly advocate that employees ...

SecuritEase on the defense after Tricom fallout

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2008
... Tricom's inability to settle its ASX trades were "exacerbated by the recent introduction of a new internal settlement and clearing system". A media report last month portrayed SecuritEase as the heart of Tricom's systems woes. Tricom has since retracted ...

Super structure needs fixing

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2008
... could select from. He suggested no commissions to intermediaries, a cap on fees, and the requirement that funds offer clearing house facilities to ease the administrative burden for employers.

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2008
... taking their cue from advancing global markets and better-than-expected earning from the likes of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing. The Hang Seng Index closed up 0.99 per cent, or 228.39 points, at 23,342.73. WELLINGTON - The New Zealand share market ...

TFNs available online: ING

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 29 FEB 2008
... send tax file numbers (TFNs) electronically for employees that select a choice fund. The enhancement to ING's online Clearing House capability ensures employers can transfer contributions and tax file numbers (TFNs) online as of July this year. This ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2008
... Friday, the Nikkei closed at 14,110.79. HONG KONG - Stocks fell with mobile phone maker Foxconn, Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Ltd and shipping stocks hard hit by worries over a possible US economic recession. The benchmark Hang Seng Index ended down ...

The new government: what it means

... In super, CFS expects businesses will have an option to make super guarantee payments into a central "Superannuation Clearing House", to be contracted to the private sector. The current 9 per cent compulsory super could also creep up to 15 per cent ...

Clinton plans pension system overhaul

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2007
Senator Hillary Clinton has announced plans for a new pension scheme, which takes a leaf out of the Australian superannuation system, as part of her 2008 presidential election campaign. Senator Clinton's American Retirement Accounts (ARA) plan will ...