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Banc of America Securities charged with fraud

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 13 DEC 2010
... proceeds temporarily in reinvestment products before the money is used for the intended purposes. Under relevant IRS regulations, the proceeds of tax-exempt municipal securities must generally be invested at fair market value. The most common way of ...

Ireland looks to sovereign annuities

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 10 DEC 2010
... obligations to pensioners, rather than relying on the unpredictable returns of equities or alternative investments. Regulations will be changed to allow pension funds to re-price their liabilities on the basis of the higher yields offered by the new ...

CFD newcomer backs tighter ASIC rules

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 7 DEC 2010
Capital CFDs tackles Australia's contracts-for-difference (CFD) market despite ASIC tightening its regulations. Australia's CFD market, reportedly the second largest globally, was hit hard during the GFC with many investors exposed to the drawbacks ...

AusFIN calls for 'fairer outcomes'

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 3 DEC 2010
... should be involved in any policy developments. The charter aims to increase the level of responsibility policy and regulations should hold. "It [AusFIN] recognises that all essential services carry social and economic obligations and must be underpinned ...

Shorten delays tax services regime

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 2 NOV 2010
... to comply with the tax agent services regime. The Assistant Treasurer, the Hon Bill Shorten MP, has introduced new regulations to push back the application due date for the national tax agent services regime for financial planners until July 1 2011. ...

Van Eyk completes China review

NEWS RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 18 OCT 2010
... Indeed, it is a Chinese equities fund manager's major concern. The country is at a developing stage and has looser regulations with regards to company reporting than in the developed nations, and it remains a big challenge for fund managers to ensure ...

ASIC tightens noose on managed inv schemes

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 8 OCT 2010
... of the Financial Planning Association (FPA), was supportive of the proposals. "We absolutely support tightening up regulations around managed investment schemes and it's quite important the REs are substantial and adequately capitalised," Rantall said. ...

May the FORCe be with you

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 16 SEP 2010
... advisers, in particular a focus on those that are time efficient with many advisers now fearing that with any changes to regulations may results in a sharp increase in work load. Fiducian said they have been using the FORCe system to help their advisers ...

Securities lending back at pre-GFC levels

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 13 SEP 2010
... comparatively healthy, meaning investors are less inclined to establish short positions - but also as a result of regulations and perceptions over what can be done in the Australian market compared to other jurisdictions, Martin said. The Australian ...

Long-term fixes for super inequity

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 6 SEP 2010
... median balances show that women typically earn around half the amount of their male counterparts under current super regulations. In 2007, the median superannuation balance for those with super in 2007 was $31,250 for men, but only $18,500 for women ...