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Advisers to gain political insight

PRESS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2010
Joe Hockey, shadow treasurer, and Chris Bowen, minister for financial services, superannuation and corporate law, are sharing their insights on the financial planning industry at two separate AFA luncheons later this month. Hockey will talk about the ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 APR 2010
... was 35 points higher at 4,914 points on volume of 11,909 contracts. Shaw Stockbroking senior dealer Jamie Spiteri said corporate activity was behind strong activity in several sectors on Thursday, most notably resources. In the gold sector, Lihir Gold ...

Insto investors win from govt Chi-X approval

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 1 APR 2010
... competition but big savings for institutional investors. Chris Bowen, minister for financial services, superannuation and corporate law, backed greater competition between markets for trading listed shares by announcing in-principle approval of Chi-X ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAR 2010
... such as Eisai fell after going ex-dividend. But losses were limited due to market expectations of an improvement in corporate earnings in the 2010/11 financial year starting in April and for the global economy to stay on a recovery track. The benchmark ...

Alaska SWF tips $1bn into investments

PRESS RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 29 MAR 2010
... mezzanine level debt. Mezzanine debt provides financing for private companies to fund actions such as acquisitions or corporate growth. "Mezzanine debt ist a good addition to the Permanent Fund's portfolio because it provides returns in line with high- ...

New credit ratings agency in town

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAR 2010
Australia's credit ratings market has a new entrant - Corporate Scorecard - which recently received the green light from ASIC to operate as a licensed Credit Ratings Agency. According to a press release, CSC is the first Australian-owned CRA to obtain ...

Super funds gain merger loss relief

GOVERNMENT RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAR 2010
... application from 24 December 2008 until 30 June 2011," said Chris Bowen, minister for financial services, superannuation & corporate law.

Risk-free no more

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAR 2010
... and Toronto-based Royal Bank of Canada have also been below Treasuries, Trace data show." How could this be? Aren't corporate bonds supposed to be priced according to Treasuries because bonds issued by governments have no perceived credit risk? The news ...

AMP Cap invests in clean tech private equity

PRESS RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 22 MAR 2010
... benefit from strong environmental growth drivers linked to energy price volatility, the quest for energy independence, corporate and consumer preferences and government policy," said Angus Dennis, investment specialist at AMP Capital. Dennis said the ...

Instos lobby for Main Street

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 22 MAR 2010
... by five speakers who proposed what the government should and shouldn't do. Ira Millstein, senior associate dean for corporate governance at Yale and for many years corporate counsel to top US companies, commented that Dodd's corporate governance provisions ...