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Rules, rules, rules

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 APR 2010
... fund." According to the Wall Street Journal, the IMF "advised Group-of-20 nations to tax balance sheets, profits and compensation of financial institutions to reduce the chances of another financial crisis, and pay for the costs if one occurs." The IMF ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 APR 2010
... 10 former executives and directors breached their duty of care with misleading statements about the adequacy of a compensation fund for asbestos victims and a corporate restructure in 2003. On Monday, the Australian share market closed lower after earlier ...

Astarra pain spreads to super funds

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 19 APR 2010
... investment manager. The regulator APRA may have to resolve the issue and potentially give workers access to the national 'compensation levy' for super funds. Third, unwinding or removing a superannuation fund option, as was the case with the Astarra ...

Investors get $250m compensation for crook advice

FSA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 13 APR 2010
... prompting the UK's Financial Services Authority to publish new findings that will see advice firms pay $250 million in compensation to investors. The FSA found that a number of firms were still giving "high levels of unsuitable advice" following a thematic ...

Co-contribs bungle is costing taxpayers: Hartsuyker

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 12 APR 2010
... have immediately explained to the Australian taxpayer why the co-contribution payments were being suspended and what compensation taxpayers would be liable for," he said. "The suspension was only discovered after the ATO this week put up a retrospective ...

Bill backed for calling placement agents lobbyists

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 8 APR 2010
... retiree and taxpayer dollars on the line, this is no time to protect the status quo," he said. "Prohibiting contingency compensation is essential if we want to prevent corruption of public officials and restore public trust."

Paradox of thrift

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 APR 2010
... headlines for himself. Remember Deputy PM Pangalos? The one who earlier this year accused Germany of not paying WWII compensation for its occupation of Greece? He was at it again last night - accusing Germany of being racist because of its hardline stance ...

African bourse on the rise

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 APR 2010
... existing demutualisation proposals, the NSE will be carved among the members (80 per cent shareholding), an investor compensation fund (10 per cent) and the Government of Kenya (10 per cent). "The members of the Exchange take cognisance of the remarkable ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 29 MAR 2010
... business from the group's building products and aluminium operations due to its potential impact on asbestos disease compensation. Rio Tinto Ltd executive Stern Hu is expected to know his fate at about 1700 AEDT on Monday, when a Shanghai court is due ...

Instos lobby for Main Street

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 22 MAR 2010
... Fannie Mae, and other firms was that their boards of directors did not control excessive risk-taking, did not prevent compensation systems from encouraging a 'bet the ranch' mentality, and did not hold management sufficiently accountable. Anne Sheehan ...