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Plan 5 and counting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 DEC 2011
... and viability of the euro because in some ways we're exposed literally to contracts but also because of the potential of civil unrest and break-up of the union that has been forged over there." This is perhaps the biggest news in all these folks. Now ...

ASIC achieves settlement for Westpoint investors

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2011
... Westpoint-related financial products when the group collapsed in January 2006. Since the end of 2007, ASIC has launched 19 civil actions seeking to recover funds for investors in the majority of Westpoint companies. Successful claims were made against ...

MilitarySuper chief executive to stand down

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 31 OCT 2011
Michael Seton is stepping down as chief executive of MilitarySuper from next month following the fund's merger with the ARIA group of funds in July. Seton has been at the helm of MilitarySuper since October 2010 when he took over from Paul Watson. Previously ...

Some hope

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2011
... auditing to check how much money Mr. Papandreou's government has saved over the past few months - given that a lotta Greek civil servants have been protesting out on the streets instead of punching in at their office and pretending to work, he must have ...

FOFA: Opt-in obligations, ASIC

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2011
... from July 1 2012 and any adviser found not to notify any client every two years, yet continues to charge fees will face a civil penalty from ASIC. The maximum penalty outlined was $50,000 for an individual and $250,000 for a body corporate. Only advisers ...

ASIC jobs cut as responsibilities rise

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2011
... purpose, ASIC said. A report by Thomson-Reuters noted that ASIC would be hampered by risks and potential costs from instigating civil penalty proceedings against those who breach the rules and would prefer infringement notices and enforceable undertakings. ...

Commonwealth trustee reforms passes Senate

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUN 2011
Legislation consolidating the trustee arrangements of the Commonwealth's main military and civilian superannuation schemes into a single entity passed the Senate this week. In a statement, the government said the new structure will modernise commonwealth ...

Big mandates, big risk

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2011
... wealth clients as a potential frozen asset risk, an analyst from Colonial First State told Financial Standard yesterday. With civil war raging in Libya and tensions continuing to erupt across the Middle East and Africa, sovereign wealth funds risk having ...

We shall overcome

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2011
... "The Lord" in the lyrics above with the "The Fed" and voila, this Sunday service hymn (originally the marching tune of the civil rights movement) and the congregation on The Street have their own rallying song. The US Conference Board revealed that consumer ...

Capitalism killed Mars

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2011