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Govt to cut 'lost super' red tape

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2008
Federal minister for superannuation and corporate law, Nick Sherry, has announced plans to reduce the hassle behind finding lost super accounts by rationalising the register. Sherry said lost super accounts represented roughly one in five of all superannuation ...

MBP signs to UNPRI

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2008
... to the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UNPRI) - a decision that will see the firm overhaul its corporate governance and investment strategies going forward. According to a statement released by the firm last week, Maple-Brown Abbott ...

Govt moves in on legacy products

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2008
Federal minister for superannuation and corporate law, Nick Sherry, has announced plans to develop a rationalisation mechanism to help customers move from an outdated investment product to a new one, at little or no cost. "The operation of legacy products ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2008
... relating to the Opes Prime collapse continues in the Federal Court in Melbourne. The Minister for Superannuation and Corporate Law, Nick Sherry, will address an Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) lunch. The Australian Information Industry ...

New voice for SMSFs

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2008
... Bishell and Bill Banks, chairman of the association. Speaking at the launch, the Federal minister for superannuation and corporate law Nick Sherry addressed trustee responsibilities and the importance of education and knowledge of the SMSF sector. Whilst ...

More than two years' investment bank profits lost

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2008
... Credit business will be worst hit, with revenues falling 60 per cent. Mainstream investment banking revenues, mainly from corporate clients, are estimated to drop by about 40 per cent.

Short selling faces revamp

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2008
... crucial practice is effectively unregulated. The key problem, according to Senator Sherry, minister for superannuation and corporate law, is that the current rules surrounding short selling "isn't clear" under the corporations act. The Senator's comments ...

Brushing up market integrity

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2008
... "vote renting" - where an investor borrows shares in order to vote on a transaction to secure a desired outcome. "Sound corporate governance practices increase investor confidence in the integrity and efficiency of the Australian capital market, and ...

ASIC investigates Opes Prime

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2008
... once they became aware of the indiscretion. In addition, ANZ has appointed Sal Algeri and Chris Campbell from Deloitte Corporate Reorganisation Group as receivers and creditors of Opes Prime Group, Opes Prime Stockbroking, Leveraged Capital and Hawkswood ...

Don't strangle sovereign funds: OECD

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2008
... OECD report said. "Increasing barriers to cross border ownership will impede the financing of new investment, hold back corporate efficiency gains and discourage innovation. The price of investment protectionism is a slower pace of sustainable development." ...