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APRA hunts down 32 funds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2008
APRA is flexing its muscle and threatening to remove 32 trustees from their super funds. The prudential regulator has announced it is seeking information on 32 superannuation funds whose Trustees have failed to apply to APRA to be licensed. It is proposing ...

Value of investment housing loans apps up 1.4 pct

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2008
Surging rental demand combined with damp house prices might finally be attracting more cashed-up investor capital into the housing market. According to the April 2008 Housing Finance figures just released by the ABS, while the value of owner occupied ...

Paid maternity leave must include super: AIST

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2008
Paid maternity leave schemes must not ignore superannuation, warns the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST). In its submission to the Productivity Commission, the AIST which is the peak super body for nearly two-thirds of the Australian ...

PM's wrong and right oil strategy

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2008
Toyota's expected decision to start manufacturing hybrid engines in Australia will do more to address Australia's oil supply worries than Prime Minister Kevin Rudd lecturing OPEC to increase production. During the weekend it was widely reported that ...

Population hits 21.2 million

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2008
Australia's population is now 21.2 million after growing 1.6 per cent in the year to December. During the year 285,000 people were born, 138,000 died, and a net 184,000 people moved to Australia. Natural population increases due to births less deaths ...

ML picks Praemium for admin

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2008
Praemium Limited's V-Wrap service has been chosen by Merrill Lynch Equities Australia to provide portfolio administration services to its private client wealth management division. The deal will see Praemium provide consolidated reporting to the Merrill ...

Future Fund to release quarterly public reports

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2008
With the Future Fund's investment strategy falling into place, it has advised parliament that in the new financial year it will be begin releasing quarterly public reports. The Future Fund was recently criticised by the Washington-based Peterson Institute ...

FinLit teachers package released

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2008
The Financial Literacy Foundation has finally released a support package for school teachers. "Financial literacy is an absolutely vital life skill for young Australians. The Rudd Government recognises that it's critical that young people get the chance ...

Sunsuper teams with Mercer

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2008
Sunsuper has engaged Mercer to provide investment consulting advice and supplement their expanding in-house investment team. The $13 billion public fund manages $13 billion and during the last few years has been expanding its portfolio with a series ...

Govt outlines credit reg reforms

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2008
In a major step towards reforming regulation of credit products, the government has released a green paper outlining how the States could transfer powers over mortgages, mortgage brokers, margin lending, non-bank lending and trustee companies to the ...