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ASIC closes Risqy Forex scheme

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2008
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has obtained orders in the Supreme Court of Queensland in Brisbane to close an illegal managed investment scheme involving $14.5 million being operated by unregistered New Zealand-based Risqy ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2008
... worries about more write-downs in the financial sector. The major indices fell more than 2 per cent and ended the month in the red for the fourth month in a row. It marks the longest string of monthly losses for the Dow and S&P 500 since 2002. The Dow ...

Super funds want more

Australia's largest employers and super funds believe increasing the nine per cent Super Guarantee contribution should be a priority for the new Rudd Government, according to a new survey. Eighty-six per cent of the Russell Pulse survey respondents ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 FEB 2008
The Australian stock market was over two per cent in the red at noon, dragged down by heavy falls in banking stocks, after Wall Street finished weaker overnight. Analysts said continuing "ordinary news" on the US economy was weighing heavily on the ...

TFNs available online: ING

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 29 FEB 2008
By July this year, ING Australia will allow Employer Super clients to send tax file numbers (TFNs) electronically for employees that select a choice fund. The enhancement to ING's online Clearing House capability ensures employers can transfer contributions ...

Lehman Bros wins Japanese trading approval

Lehman Brothers has received approval to trade certified emission reductions (CERs) in Japan, becoming the only global investment bank able to provide liquidity for the Asian and European carbon markets. The company is the first foreign financial firm ...

UBS redefines fixed income

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2008
UBS takes a fresh approach to fixed income investment with a new product that delivers above market performance by diversifying across four of the firm's fixed income funds. The UBS Fixed Income Plus includes fully automated investment decisions and ...

Snowball boosts FUA by $300m

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2008
Snowball Group has posted it half year results with a boost in funds under advice by $300 million to $4.9 billion over six-month period to December last year. The company's earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) increased 27 per cent to $5.1 million ...

BCA call to freeze Budget gets cold shoulder

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2008
The Business Council of Australia (BCA) wants the government to freeze budget expenditure for three years but doesn't believe executive salaries should follow suit. In its Budget submission, the BCA said the Federal Budget should "Set a target of zero ...

Dinosaur fund taxes should be scrapped: Bowen

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2008
Australia's managed funds industry may soon undergo a major tax revamp as Assistant Treasurer Chris Bowen calls for the Board of Taxation to review taxation arrangements applying to the sector. Minister Bowen told an Investment and Financial Services ...