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Lead us not into a recession

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2015
... who, in turn, lift their consumption. The government gets back many happy returns from its outlay in terms of higher corporate and income tax revenues and in time... that ever so elusive budget surplus. Everybody's a winner and Australia would be giving ...

FSC, FPA support ASIC user-pay model

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2015
... mandate. "We have enough laws in place already to ensure consumers are protected. ASIC needs to focus on its role as a corporate regulator to enforce these laws and it needs to be properly resourced to do its job," she said. "Australia is already overloaded ...

Bankers see ASIC user pays model as burden

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2015
... Australian Bankers' Association (ABA) said that the government's proposal to implement a user pays funding model for the corporate regulator would increase "the cost burden on the Australian financial services industry." The ABA urged caution in adopting ...

Fiducian reports growth after restructure

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2015
... funds under advice, management and administration were $4.04 million, up 14% from the last period. Fiducian completed a corporate restructure at the end of February to "satisfy regulatory changes and recent superannuation legislation." As part of the ...

SMAs ideal for low-touch clients

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2015
... administration and after-market support are outsourced to the manager of the SMA, as well as responsibility for handling of corporate actions." Presenting the report in Sydney, he added that the desire for professional investment management rose in times ...

Manus and Nauru are immoral and risky: super funds

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2015
... organisation engages with companies on behalf of its members when they have concerns over issues such as human rights, corporate governance or executive remuneration. Transfield is one of the 140 companies that ACSI has engaged with during the last year ...

Pengana and PanAgora strike new deal

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2015
... strategies for over 125 institutional investors worldwide including large sovereign wealth funds as well as government and corporate pension funds. It manages about $2 billion for Australian institutional investors. Pengana currently manages around $1.5 ...

BMR debuts 15-minute SMSF

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2015
BMR Corporate solutions has launched its online "15-minute self-managed super fund" service, allowing rapid SMSF establishment. At the launch of the service in Sydney, BMR senior consultant Mark Ratcliff noted that currently the preparation of super ...

It's the Fed, stupid

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2015
... China's currency is pegged to the US dollar - and these made a roundtrip back into the America in the form of higher corporate revenues and profits (both in volume terms and in exchange rate translation effects). That's all been reversed with the greenback's ...

ACSI calls for better company disclosure

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2015
... prevent a culture of bribery', or equivalent, be introduced into Australian law, in a manner consistent with the overall corporate and director liability framework." ACSI also recommends the inquiry initiate the development of enhanced disclosure guidance ...