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Working mothers caught in tax snafu

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2009
... quartile of tax payers in Australia pay only three per cent of personal taxation revenue. At the other end of the scale, the top quarter of income earners, those reporting taxable earnings above $56,000, pay 65 per cent of personal taxation revenue. ...

Hedge funds to get $60 billion boost

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2009
... primary beneficiaries of this trend," said Brian Reilly, managing director of Barclays Capital. According to the survey the top three hedge fund investor segments are American pensions with $381 billion in investable assets, American private banks with ...

BlackRock wins Lonsec top rating

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2009
... upgraded by Lonsec to "Highly Recommended" - making BlackRock the only single-manager diversified fund offering to receive the top rating. Lonsec upgraded BlackRock's balanced funds from "Recommended" to its current highest rating. Lonsec attributed ...

Platinum holds steady in upswing

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2009
... International fund, the largest global equities fund in Australia with more than $7.6 billion in FUM, ranks as one of the top three performers in global equities in the year to April, but Platinum chief investment officer Kerr Neilson, still remains ...

It's all about China

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2009
... per cent yesterday because of signs that the global economy is stabilising and 'this is clearest in China.' The US sends its top moneyman to China to persuade it to keep the money flowing the way of the US. China made its presence felt back in the late ...

Merger creates 18,500 adviser force

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2009
... closed last night. In turn, the new Morgan Stanley Smith Barney will bring together 18,500 advisers - including 33 of the top 100 financial advisers on the Barron's 2009 "Top Advisors" survey. These advisers will service 6.8 million client households ...

AMP awards $43m mandate

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2009
... since capital in the insurance industry is scarce and premiums are at levels not seen in a long time. Nephila stood out as a top manager in the space," he said. Mercer's investment consulting business advised AMP Capital on this transaction. Established ...

DDH Graham eyes more QIC funds

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2009
... that were previously managed by Q Invest, is not ruling out adding more funds to its menu - and singled out QIC as one of its top managers to source products from. Peter Lockhart, joint managing director of DDH Graham, said the firm is open to new QIC ...

Net tightens on executive pay

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2009
... exec pay. The Ministry of Finance in China for instance has ordered all state-owned financial institutions to cap pay for top executives at 90 percent of the level they received in 2007, including all bonus and social security payments.

Aviva flies ETF flag

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2009
... ETFs, listed investment companies, interest rate securities, instalment warrants, and all shares on the All ordinaries Index/ Top 500. These options were added following increasing interest and adviser requests. "ETFs have become very popular recently. ...