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Fundies find a loophole in money laundering law

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2007
On the eve of the implementation of the most significant provision of the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act, the regulator Austrac has conceded that there is a big loophole in the law. Austrac issued a statement yesterday, saying ...

What members want

A Telstra Super research study on what its members want has revealed some surprising results, including how much people are willing to pay and for what services. Speaking at the ASFA conference yesterday, Telstra Super's general manager in marketing ...

Rocketing small caps slow big cap funds

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2007
Strong small cap performance in the last three years has dragged down a large cap manager's performance relative to the index, according to data from research software provider Inalytics. The discovery came when a UK pension fund client asked Inalytics ...

Pre-retirees map out uncertain future: FSS

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2007
Almost one-third of Australians are planning to ease themselves into retirement through part-time work, according to a First State Super survey. Michael Dwyer, chief executive of First State Super, said discovering how their members intended to approach ...

AXA takes care of business

AXA comes to the rescue of financial planners who are time and resources poor after it launched a series of initiatives that can help improve planner profitability, productivity and quality of advice. After twelve months of development and rigorous ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2007
The Australian share market was lower at noon as hesitant investors await a recovery on Wall Street. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 42.4 points to 5969.2. The All Ordinaries dropped 38.6 points to 5988.9. On the Sydney Futures ...

Water investments the next frontier

The amount spent on water and water-related infrastructure globally has now reached $350 billion (US$300 billion) per year and growing at a rate of between 8 per cent to 12 per cent, according to a new study. The report was conducted by listed hedge ...

Market gains velocity

SUZY MAC  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2007
Stock velocity has increased five fold over the past 15 years, having implications not only for liquidity, but consequentially the capacity constraints of long-only investment managers. The Asia Pacific equity research team at JPMorgan describe 'stock ...

Success of planners a double-edged sword

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 25 JUN 2007
Promoting financial planning may be the next big challenge for the industry, but it will also expose a chronic shortage of planners, according to AMP Financial Planning managing director Michael Guggenheimer. While the industry definitely needed to ...

Tax cheats handed decade in jail

Three South Australians were sentenced to a total of 12 years imprisonment for committing a tax fraud amounting to $6.8 million. 62-year old Maxwell John Reid, 48-year old Edna Reid and 75-year old Graham Ernest Dasborough were found guilty of a total ...