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APRA super fund grillings set new precedent

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2011
... $1.07 US cents compared to the 80 US cents it was trading at in June 2009, any hedging at all is going to land them in hot water. Financial Standard contacted APRA for comment but no spokesperson was available at the time of going to print.

Investors splash into water rights

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2011
The $25 billion Australian water entitlements market is proving a lucrative and attractive allure for investors that want to diversify their portfolios with the alternative asset class. Picked to influence current alternatives and mainstream investment ...

Never wrong

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2011

Bear have no fur

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2011
... Caterpillar, Intel, JP Morgan. "Defensive stocks outperforming. The best performers lately include utility companies American Water Works (AWK) and Consolidated Edison (ED), consumer staples companies Procter & Gamble (PG) and General Electric (GE) ...

Tougher controls for SMSF collectibles

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2011
Draft legislation has been released by the federal government outlining new rules for self-managed super funds (SMSF) investing in collectibles. The proposed regulations are a significant watering down however of Super System Review recommendations ...

Planning pracs down 10pc value

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2011
The value of financial planning practices has fallen by 10 per cent since the recent FOFA announcement, according to adviser survey results. Consulting firm, Radar Results, has released data based on the firm's valuers which have reduced EBIT multiples ...

Super problems to short-change retirees

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2011
... by more than 10 per cent with the average fall being 26.1 per cent, he said. "A man with one foot in a bucket of freezing water and one foot in a bucket of boiling water is quite comfortable on average," he said. "That doesn't work." Bonds were not necessarily ...

ASIC bans "deceptive" planner for five years

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2011
Corporate watchdog ASIC has banned a financial planner for five years after he tricked his clients with shonky advice which included arranging margin loans for them, it said today. ASIC said Ian John Weaver of Clear Island Waters, Queensland, broke ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2011
... Electric Power Co (TEPCO), which runs the plant, ended at a record low Wednesday despite news that a leak of highly radioactive water into the sea had been stopped. Japanese shares fell despite the yen's continuing losses caused by expectations of tighter ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 APR 2011
... catalysts to spur buying, dealers returned their attention to Japan where crews at Fukushima have begun dumping radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean to prevent even more dangerous material from being released. Tokyo's Nikkei slipped 1.06 per cent ...