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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 AUG 2008
The Australian stock market was languishing at a 32-month low at noon as fears of slowing global growth lowered commodity prices and hammered the resources sector. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 92.7 points, or 1.9 per cent, to ...

New super book for indigenous mob

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 5 AUG 2008
... superannuation, providing tax file numbers and information about death benefits. Minister for superannuation and corporate law, Senator Nick Sherry, said the booklet is designed to assist indigenous super fund members understand superannuation. "This ...

New era in fee disclosure

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 5 AUG 2008
... the FPA Rules of Professional Conduct," said FPA's deputy chief Deen Sanders. A spokesperson for superannuation minister Nick Sherry said the minister is pleased that the industry is "taking the initiative to improve structural issues that are not in ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2008
The Australian stock market is expected to fall about one per cent after Wall St was rocked by disappointing US economic growth and job market figures. On the Sydney Futures exchange, the September share price index futures contract fell 48 points ...

BNP Paribas wins Ashton custody

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2008
... custody and fund administration services to its funds, ahead of its plan to launch two funds to the Australian retail market. Nick Raphaely, Ashton Advisors executive director, said the firm is preparing to launch its select fund and performance funds ...

APRA to review super fund stats

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2008
... exercise choice, they need information and that information needs to be accurate." Last week, superannuation minister Senator Nick Sherry submitted a proposal to the Industrial Relations Commissions suggesting employers should select their default fund ...

Super funds to pass 'approved list'

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2008
Senator Nick Sherry continues his campaign to "renovate the house" when he filed a government submission calling for a radical change to the way employers select their default super fund - suggesting a default fund should be chosen from an 'approved ...

Planners must alter proposition: Murray

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2008
Investor behavioural expert, Nick Murray, is urging financial planners to change their value proposition and focus on managing client behaviour, stating it could potentially boost their client's long term returns by seven per cent. Speaking at an MLC ...

Contribs tax for women under review

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUL 2008
Senator Nick Sherry's comments on potentially removing the 15 per cent contributions tax on super of women at certain stages of their work life fuels further debate on how the government can help narrow the gender gap on retirement savings. Senator ...

Introducing the Burnie Pub PDS

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2008
... statements (PDSs) in favour of plain English four-page forms by creating a template to prove it can be done. Today Senator Nick Sherry, Minister for Superannuation and Corporate Law, and Lindsay Tanner, Minister for Finance and Deregulation, announced ...