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Future Fund defends tax havens

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2012
... investments in the British Virgin Islands and Jersey, and smaller investments in Luxembourg. The fund asserted its independence at yesterday's inquiry - defending itself against a bill put to Parliament by the Greens which would see it forced out of ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2012
... the benchmark FTSE 100 index was essentially unchanged at 5,684.47 points. US markets were closed for the July 4 Independence Day public holiday. Prior to the close in a holiday-shortened trading session, shares were boosted by reports of strong June ...

Waiting on the world

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2012
... our merry (or gloomy?) way. But it doesn't! Soon after, we'll be waiting for Wall Street to come back from their Independence Day holiday to see their reaction to these decisions. And then we wait some more. Wait for the release of the US non-farm payrolls ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2012
... 1700 Tuesday GMT (0300 Wednesday AEST), after only three and a half hours, to allow for travel ahead of the July 4th Independence Day holiday. At the finish, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 72.05 points (0.56 per cent) to 12,943.44. European ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2012
... Trade closed at 1700 GMT (0300 AEST), after only three and a half hours, to allow for travel ahead of the July 4th Independence Day holiday. At the finish the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 72.05 points (0.56 per cent) to 12,943.44. The S&P 500-stock ...

Avenue joins Lonsdale

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 2 JUL 2012
... been operating across NSW through 15 practices. Under the deal, Avenue practices will operate with a high degree of independence, said Stephen Garrett, director of Avenue Capital Management. "We were attracted to Lonsdale due to their open architecture ...

Wins and losses in PC default super report

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2012
... millions of Australian workers. Option four has similarly moral hazard problems as option three no matter what claims of independence the PC tries to concoct. This leaves option two as the most likely compromise, which, ironically, is very similar to ...

Fitzpatricks Private Wealth builds advice profile

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUN 2012
... they would have done differently?" "Many people would probably think in the cold light that they like having some independence in wealth and that should be the number one priority. It shouldn't necessarily be to shoot the lights out in an investment ...

ASIC warns industry about misusing term independent

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2012
... Investments Commission (ASIC) found 21 instances of insurance brokers and financial planners making statements about the independence of the licensee or the services they provide in breach of the Corporations Act. AFS licensees are prohibited from using ...

MySuper consultation draws focus on divisions

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2012
... In an interview over the weekend, Brogden used the draft legislation to point to what he says is a gap in director independence in the not for profit space. "The employer and employee representatives who are on those boards are also the employee and ...