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Super tax breaks unaffordable: Treasury

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 SEP 2010
Australia can't afford the rising and inequitable cost of superannuation tax concessions, said Treasury in its Red Book briefing to the returned ALP government. Each election, Treasury prepares a briefing folder for both the government should they be ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 28 SEP 2010
The Australian market was marginally lower at noon, with Telstra and banking stocks arresting declines among mining stocks and News Corp. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 4.3 points, or 0.09 per cent, at 4,671.1 points at 1201 AEST, while the ...

BTIM adds PM to macro strategies

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 27 SEP 2010
Jason Petras was recruited as portfolio manager to work with Joe Bracken, head of BT Investment Management's Macro Strategies. Petras will be responsible for research, develop and implement quantitative strategies for the flagship Global Macro fund. ...

Hedge fund adviser gets $2.7m fine

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 24 SEP 2010
A US hedge fund adviser will have to cough up $2.7 million to settle SEC charges for breaching short selling rules. The Securities and Exchange Commission yesterday charged Dallas-based Carlson Capital for breaching a regulation which prevents short ...

Competing to devalue

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 SEP 2010
Let it rip boys! US equities closed weaker while we were sleeping apparently still reeling from the previous day's FOMC assessment that the US economy remains weak. Ok, let's give it that. But Bloomberg took it a bit farther. "The Fed said yesterday ...

ETF portfolio vs Future Fund portfolio shows gap

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 21 SEP 2010
In an experiment to see how a retail investment portfolio made up mainly of ETFs compares with the Future Fund's portfolio, Financial Standard discovers key investment gaps. David Bassanese, director of PennyWise Investment Economic & Investment Consulting ...

ANZ to compensate Storm victims

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 20 SEP 2010
ANZ Bank has introduced a new package to compensate Storm Financial investors. According to a Slater & Gordon statement, ANZ Bank has started a Storm resolution scheme, with the law firm calling it "another important step forward in winning compensation ...

Watching the A$ watch the Fed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 SEP 2010
Another week, another dollar will be gained or lost. Or perhaps, I should say, another week, another dollar gained, then lost, then... Yes Virginia, such is the financial markets' current collective myopia that while there had been a lot of shakin' ...

Super segmentation comes of age

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 16 SEP 2010
Age is nothing but a number, even in super, with one researcher ambitiously setting up a new template to segment fund members beyond the usual Gen X, Gen Y and Baby Boomer divide. The 2010 Ultimate Superannuation Marketing Metrics study, conducted by ...

Challenger to open redemptions on mortgage fund

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 SEP 2010
Challenger's Howard Mortgage Fund proposes to make $850 million of funds available for investor redemptions by Christmas, as part of a major restructuring to improve returns and liquidity. In a statement, Challenger said it will ask all its mortgage ...