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Insider trading gets former J.P. Morgan staffer jail

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 6 DEC 2012
... associate with J.P. Morgan Chase Bank and Levi pleaded guilty to insider trading charges after being caught out by the corporate watchdog. The charges related to inside information concerning the acquisition of Valad Property Group Limited by affiliates ...

Super fund returns dip back below double-digits

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2012
... into positive territory. Recovering share markets have also enabled the segment gap between not-for-profit funds and corporate master trusts to close to just 0.3 percentage points, said Rainmaker. QSuper was the top Workplace super fund, measured by ...

Audit report "disappointing"

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2012
ASIC boss Greg Medcraft has said that the results of the corporate watchdog's latest audit inspection show a drop in quality and are disappointing. The report for the 18 months to 30 June 2012 covered inspections of 20 Australian audit firms and found ...

Real estate better than bonds: UBS

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2012
... case for global real estate is further strengthened when compared to the wider range of investment options including corporate bonds and equities which offer much lower rates of income return. "On the basis of yield hierarchy, real estate ranks second ...

Corporate Asian bonds on fire: HSBC

MARK STORY  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2012
... witnessed rapid growth over the past year, HSBC research attributes the vast chunk of the growth in bonds to China with corporate debt playing catch-up with pre-GFC government bond issuances. The rise of local currency bond markets as a share of GDP ...

New after-tax system for Qantas Super

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2012
... tax consequences of investing and evaluate outcomes on an after-tax basis. Qantas Super, one of Australia's largest corporate superannuation funds, developed the new program with Parametric, which specialises in after-tax investing, benchmarking and ...

Euro endurance is lesser of two evils

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2012
... new currencies, followed by possible sovereign default, the collapse of domestic financial institutions, and a mass of corporate bankruptcies," he said. According to UBS estimates, the economy of an exiting country could contract by as much as 50% in ...

DUET Group approves internal management

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 26 NOV 2012
... Annual General Meeting. "It will eliminate externally paid management fees from 1 October 2012, thereby decoupling DUET's corporate costs from the performance of its securities price, which will provide greater control and certainty of operating costs," ...

Super FUM up 13%

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2012
... managed super funds (SMSF) were up 13.1%. The broad retail super fund sector increased 9.7%, significantly ahead of corporate funds which increased 7.8%. According to APRA, there are only 119 corporate funds still operating, plus 95 industry and public ...

BT hires new head of super

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2012
BT Financial Group (BTFG) has appointed Vicki Doyle as head of retail and corporate superannuation. According to the asset manager, the appointment is part of its strategy to capture the lion's share of the $1.3 trillion super industry. "Superannuation ...