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Not much of a fix from the freeze

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2007
There may still be plenty of questions over the virtue and mechanics of the planned "freezing" of loan interest rates for several hundred thousand distressed home loan borrowers in the US. The US government formally outlined the plan this morning without ...

CG not a priority for mid-caps

Listed companies in the mid-cap sector run the risk of being ignored by corporate governance-conscious institutional investors after a new report found that only two out of 150 mid-cap companies have adopted 'best practice' CG standards. The 2007 BDO ...

The secret to MTAA's success

While some super funds like to keep their investment secrets close to their chests, top-ranked MTAA Super gives them all away in a handbook that outlines the investment strategies behind their outperformance in the past ten years. Inundated with regular ...

Non-TFN tax attack

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2007
The 31.5 per cent tax penalty to be applied to super funds without member tax file numbers (TFN) risk massively damaging the retirement incomes of members who either don't know about the rule change or who can least afford the tax hit. Raising the dire ...

SOA at half price

The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has unveiled a simplified Statement Of Advice (SOA) which cuts planner preparation time by as much as 50 per cent. FPA chief executive, Jo-Anne Bloch, said the 'Simplified SOA' has been developed after the Financial ...

PI increase sparks debate

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2007
CHOICE, the independent body representing consumers has thrown its support behind ASIC's proposed changes to professional indemnity (PI) insurance required by financial planners and other AFS licensees. Only this week, the Financial Industry Complaints ...

FICS raises maximum claim to $150k

Investors who lodge a complaint against their fund manager, financial planner or stockbroker can claim up to $150,000, up 50 per cent from the previous limit of $100,000 under a new policy by the Financial Industry Complaints Service (FICS). From 1 ...

AXA locks and loads

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2007
AXA is using its global muscle to provide superannuation members with a fund that can lock in gains each year, just like a capital-protected managed fund, and potentially, on a weekly or monthly basis in the future. The Australian launch of North, a ...

RFM signs with InvestmentLink

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2007
Property trust manager Reed Funds Management (RFM) has signed a deal to distribute client account information to advisers through InvestmentLink's e-Portfolio data service. The agreement will increase RFM's distribution range to 9000 advisers nationwide ...

SAP and CSC join forces on pricing

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2007
Business software provider SAP has announced a joint venture with Computer Sciences Corporation to create a new pricing scenario program for CSC's bank clients. The new joint venture will combine SAP's Price Optimization software with CSC's Hogan Core ...