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The invisible issue in super

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2009
Elizabeth Broderick, sex discrimination commissioner, has criticised the Henry Review and Harmer Pension Review for failing to address the superannuation gap for women. Speaking at the Sydney Institute, Broderick, who is also commissioner responsible ...

Price of banning commissions will be high: Treasury

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2009
... would eliminate a source of conflicts of interest, or perceived conflicts of interest. The approach better aligns the incentive of the adviser to give appropriate advice and removes an element of product bias," they noted. But Treasury said the "change ...

AMP Capital Investors block poor corp governance

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2009
... what extent it exercised its shareholder rights to vote against poor governance - including saying no to unjustified incentive schemes, re-election of poor performing board directors and poorly-structured fund raising. AMP Capital's proxy voting report ...

Count buys Evolution Advisers

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2009
Countplus has made its eleventh acquisition through a 25 per cent share purchase in planning firm, Evolution Advisers. Countplus, part of the ASX-listed Count Financial Limited, announced the acquisition details yesterday. Evolution Advisers has been ...

Countplus buys first Sydney practice

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2009
Countplus has bought a 25 per cent stake in St Leonards-based MBT Accounting Services - marking the first purchase of a Sydney-based firm. Count Financial Limited's wholly owned subsidiary, Countplus Pty Ltd, has settled its tenth acquisition and first ...

BlueMountain to post record returns

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2009
... liquidity. "The highest priority was to stabilise the capitalisation of the fund and we had to give our clients some incentive to do that, hence the new fee structure and longer term lock-ups," said Jay Bryant, managing director of the group. Under the ...

OECD vindicates govt super reforms

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2009
The OECD has vindicated the government's Budget strategy for reforming retirement income policy when it revealed that Australia has the fourth highest poverty rate among the OECD countries for seniors and retirees. The finding lands a fatal blow to ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2009
... local economic data due on Tuesday. In companies news, Fortescue Metals Group Ltd holds a general meeting to approve an incentive options scheme and a share issue to Bocimar International NV. Rio Tinto Ltd chief scientist Robin Batterham addresses the ...

Cooper targets investment fees

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2009
... important to get the incentives and disclosure right before focusing on each individual level of fees. "If you've got the incentive right and the disclosure right then you can leave it up to the market to determine the fees," said McCormick. Promoting ...

Super is a good idea but needs fixing

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2009
... money to supplement their government funded age pension, the almost exclusive focus on tax concessions as its primary incentive tool has resulted in these incentives being untargeted. Disney said in an opinion article published in Fairfax newspapers ...