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Ex-director banned for 25 years

MEDIA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2009
Edwin Goulding, former director of the Sydney Investment House Group (SIH Group), was banned by the Supreme Court of New South Wales from managing corporations for 25 years. Following an investigation and proceedings commenced by the Australian Securities ...

SMSFs get "kick up the pants"

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2009
The self managed super fund (SMSF) industry needs to act fast to allay government concerns on governance and education or face more crippling regulation, according to industry experts. Speaking at a roundtable following minister for superannuation and ...

NAB gambles on its IFS model

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2009
NAB's corporate clients must be scratching their heads after yesterday's strategy briefing from new chief executive Cameron Clyne. The corporate lending business will move out of the institutional division, nabCapital, and into the regional business ...

Contributions surge to 25pc of wages

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2009
Revised statistics on superannuation contributions released by APRA and the ATO reveal an explosion in the amount of money Australians are contributing into their super funds, now running at a quarter of total wages and salaries. APRA figures released ...

Savings paradox

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2009
Yesterday's strong rally on Wall Street was followed by a flat performance overnight. Is Wall Street catching its breath before taking another jump? Or is it taking a deep breath for diving? Such is the uncertainty created by the current global economic ...

SPAA membership rises 50 pc

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2009
The Self Managed Super Fund Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) saw membership jump 50 per cent in a year as service providers seek greater professional recognition. Speaking at the SPAA conference in Adelaide, Graeme Colley, SPAA chair ...

ASIC cracks down on Hafoka

MEDIA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2009
Sonatane Haitoni Hafoka of Shalvey, New South Wales, has faced the Downing Centre Local Court on charges of aiding and abetting the trustee of a dishonest self-managed super fund. Hafoka was brought by ASIC under the Superannuation Industry (Supervision) ...

Ready, set, activate: AXA

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2009
Inactive AXA clients can soon expect a phone call from their advisers asking about their insurance well-being as Australia's largest planning firm embarks on a client reactivation program. AXA introduced the new program at the end of December last year ...

CSRF supports Catholic Schools Week

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2009
The Catholic Superannuation and Retirement Fund is partnering with Catholic Schools Week in 2009 to help boost super and financial literacy. This year marks the third time CRSF will be supporting the dioceses of New South Wales and ACT in their promotion ...

Thank you RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2009
The RBA giveth and the RBA giveth again. Who would have thought that after two weeks of bad economic news here and abroad, the Reserve Bank of Australia would still have the nerve to say, 'she'll be right mate.' For this is exactly what the Australian ...