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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 26 SEP 2011
... appeared to do little to assuage fears. The finance chiefs noted "heightened downside risks from sovereign stresses, financial system fragility, market turbulence, weak economic growth and unacceptably high unemployment". The broader S&P 500 rose 6.80 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 SEP 2011
... delayed a decision on releasing critical rescue funds to Greece despite a US warning that dithering puts the global financial system at risk. London's FTSE-100 index of leading shares rose 0.58 per cent to 5368.41 points, while Frankfurt's DAX climbed ...

ASIC tightens advice advertising

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 30 AUG 2011
... consumers understand the risks of the products they are buying," Medcraft said. "When you think about the Australian financial system with the superannuation system, everyone in the country is responsible for their own investment decision so it is important ...

JB Global submits to independent review

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUL 2011
... pursuing advisers, asset consultants, ratings houses and any organisation it considers to be a gatekeeper to the financial system in an effort to raise standards. Greg Medcraft, ASIC chairman, said investors must be able to confidently rely on the accuracy ...

Class Super adds actuarial SMSF service

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 18 JUL 2011
Self managed super fund administration provider Class Super is using cloud computing to offer automated actuarial certificate data transfers for SMSF clients. Class Super, developed by Class Financial Systems, said it will provide real time access to ...

Credit hits the fan as Moody's puts US on downgrade watch

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2011
... the notion it would become suddenly unreliable and illiquid would throw shockwaves through the entire global financial system," he told a congressional committee according to ABC News.

Super acting like a SWF: Treasury

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 4 JUL 2011
Superannuation in Australia is acting like a sovereign wealth fund and is on track to boost savings each year by three per cent of GDP. In a major speech last week on Compulsory Superannuation and National Saving, Treasury researchers David Gruen and ...

Tax agreement between Aus and Liechtenstein

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2011
Tax avoiders can no longer flee to high net wealth haven Liechtenstein after it and Australia have signed a tax information exchange agreement (TIEA), building stronger economic and trading ties between the two nations. Liechtenstein is the 28th jurisdiction ...

Burned investors drink bitter cup: ASIC

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2011
... recovered only a few cents in the dollar, or nothing at all, ASIC said. Those burned lost their confidence in the financial system, advisers, the Government and regulators including ASIC itself, it said. ASIC spokeswoman Delia Rickard said financial ...

US to avoid default, EM stocks to rise: Janus

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2011
... occur, the US would lose its AAA sovereign credit rating, interest rates would rise dramatically unravelling the financial system and pushing the US into a worse recession than the GFC. But John Eisinger, portfolio manager of the Janus Global Unconstrained ...