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UniSuper revises major mandates

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 31 AUG 2006
... strategies. "Investment is at heart a risk management business. At the end of the day, part of our responsibility is to safeguard against extreme events. Too much emphasis on lesser quality credits impairs the defensive characteristics of fixed interest ...

Scam targets ethnic community

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 25 AUG 2006
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has warned investors to be wary of investment schemes targeted at specific communities after it acted to shut down a scam targeting the Australian Chinese community. ASIC investigations uncovered ...

All is fair in love and bankruptcy

... in the property, regardless of the amounts contributed by them," the ruling stated. McDonald suggested businesses can safeguard themselves against this ruling by owning the property under a family trust. But that route comes at a cost by way of extra ...

Secured creditors called on for help in Westpoint bungle

... into the company before it's too late. Three months on since ASIC has ordered Westpoint to wind up its operations "to safeguard the interests of investors", the unsecured creditors of the group have been on tenterhooks, with ongoing developments suggesting ...

Bluestone reverse mortgage to offer interest rate protection

Bluestone Equity Release, a subsidiary of Bluestone Group, has released a new reverse mortgage product with a "capped for life" variable rate providing interest rate protection for retirees. Estimated to be worth $600 million in 2005, the reverse mortgage ...

NESS gets APRA licence

... Registrable Superannuation Entity licence under the Superannuation Safety Amendment Act. This amendment was introduced to safeguard the massive amounts of employee savings controlled by superannuation funds. Superannuation trustees have been slow to ...

Super funds call for better governance

... superannuation savings with Australian companies depend on company directors' independent judgement and business skills to help safeguard their retirement savings," says Catholic Superannuation Fund chief investment officer Tim Hughes. The research was ...

New accreditation standards for self managed super industry

... In response to the ATO's stringent approach to self managed super funds compliance, the program's aim is to provide safeguard measures for trustees of these funds by offering independent verification and certification of professional competence, experience ...

Aussie shares get protected with Perpetual

... fund may be suitable for those investors who are nervous about the sharemarket or have a milestone goal and want to safeguard their money while still investing in shares. The Fund may also be suitable for investors who want to gear into shares without ...

Fitch says housing downturn unlikely to hurt banks

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2004
A special report from international ratings agency Fitch Ratings has found Australian banks have sufficient safeguards in place to ensure that a downturn in the residential property market would not translate into material loan losses. The agency said ...