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Banking on a super precedent

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 13 DEC 2010
Treasurer Wayne Swan's banking reform is also a warning of what could be in store for superannuation. Yesterday the Treasurer released his long awaited reform package and while it wasn't aimed at super funds and wealth managers, if some of the key consumer ...

Former Chartwell director pleads guilty

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 10 DEC 2010
Former Chartwell Enterprises director, Graeme Hoy, has pleaded guilty to 47 charges relating to the collapse of the firm. Chartwell, a Geelong-based company, allegedly traded investor funds on local and global financial markets. Hoy was charged with ...

Perpetual settles over Mahogany

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 6 DEC 2010
Perpetual Trustee Company has settled a long running legal dispute on behalf of 1,000 retail investors who bought $125 million of notes issued by a subsidiary of Lehman Brothers. The details of the settlement cannot be disclosed for six months, but ...

Danger everywhere

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 DEC 2010
"Danger, Will Robinson!" Lost in Space's Robot B9 is back, warning of danger, danger... everywhere. Danger in Europe, Will Robinson. The a,-85 billion band-aid given to Ireland has failed to stop its haemorrhage. Irish 10-year bond yields have climbed ...

Healing US, crouching Europe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 NOV 2010
There just ain't no pleasing Mr. Market. No siree! The biggest and most powerful central bank in the world gave them lots and lots of play money to play with and now... this is all we get. Wall Street stalled despite last week's news that the US Federal ...

Head faked again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 NOV 2010
"Well, it's a three step process. First, you think I'm going left. But I don't. So now you're thinking, am I going to go right or even confuse him by going left. So I go left again. Now you think I'm finally gonna go right but what I'm really gonna ...

Political heat rising on ASX takeover

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 26 OCT 2010
Politicians from both sides of the aisle have reacted cautiously to the Singapore Exchange's (SGX) takeover bid for the ASX. In a note to clients, JPMorgan analyst Russell Gill said he believed it would be difficult for the government to reject the ...

Advisers must fight for the future, not the past: AFA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 25 OCT 2010
The fight over commissions on investment products and superannuation is over. Advisers must stop debating over them and switch their focus to influencing their future. Opening the 2010 AFA annual conference in front of a packed auditorium with almost ...

QIC offers instos inflation protection

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 18 OCT 2010
One of the country's largest fixed interest managers raises the ante in the race to provide investors with income protection against rising inflation. After a brief period of incubation, Queensland Investment Corporation (QIC) has opened the QIC GFI ...

Swan weighs in on currencies, promotes reform agenda

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 12 OCT 2010
Speaking at the New York Stock exchange overnight, Treasurer Wayne Swan reaffirmed his commitment to growing the national retirement savings pool and weighed in on the currency wars that are threatening to envelop global capital markets. "If the global ...