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CG not a priority for mid-caps

... Advisory Services Andrew Pearce. Pearce said it might have been expected that the mid-cap companies would perform worse than the top 150 listed large-caps, given the large-caps' greater resources and increased ability to attract independent directors ...

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 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 DEC 2007
... 1.28 per cent, at 1,481.57. The Nasdaq Composite Index was up 45.02 points, or 1.72 per cent, at 2,664.85. LONDON - Britain's top share index jumped 2.83 per cent as a flurry of data boosted the chances of a rate cut at the Bank of England's policy meeting ...

SWIFT overhauls proxy voting

... the results of the meeting. To date, SWIFT's commercial manager in funds Tim Hamer has said that three custodians and the top three proxy agents in Australia have piloted the system, which will become available locally from December 17. BNP Paribas ...

Non-TFN tax attack

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2007
... As of July 1 next year, super fund members who have not quoted member TFNs will receive a penalty tax of 31.5 per cent on top of the 15 per cent tax payable by super funds on their taxable income. Fiona Reynolds, chief executive at AIST, said, "Our position ...

NZ planners regs improve fee transparency

... Financial Advisers (AFA), have also urged members to be more transparent with fees and disclose likely conflicts-of-interest on top of what is already required of them to disclose by law. Michelle Baltazar

Telstra Super signs Charles River for direct portfolio management

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2007
... in assets providing superannuation services for current and previous employees. According to SelectingSuper it's a proven top performer rarely out of the leading pack. It's balanced option is currently ranked nine over three years, scoring a full 340 ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2007
... claimed to be the preferred bidder to acquire the Bounty group of companies in Queensland for $3.25 million. At 1222 AEDT, the top traded stock by volume was BMA Gold with 53.32 million shares changing hands worth $2.003 million. Its shares rose by 0.7 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2007
... bellwethers as General Electric. Financial shares fell after Deutsche Bank cut its profit estimates through 2008 on the nation's top five investment banks, including Bear Stearns, Lehman Brothers and Morgan Stanley. These stocks dropped about one per ...

AMIST appoints new chief executive officer

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2007
... industry funds over the past few years. According to SelectingSuper, AMIST's Growth product has regularly been one the market's top performers rarely out of the top ten.