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Turning Bear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUN 2010
Dear Abby, I have a confession to make...I think I'm losing my horns and my tail is growing shorter. My body is slowly being covered with fur, what used to be hooves are now claws and I am getting an unusual craving for honey. OMG! I think I'm turning ...

Future Fund chair attacks RSPT

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 7 JUN 2010
In an unprecedented intervention into the political war around the government's mining tax proposal, the chairman of the public sector Future Fund said the tax should be re-designed or scrapped. David Murray, Future Fund chairman, told Business Spectator ...

Van Eyk maintains name after founder sells stake

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUN 2010
Mark Thomas, managing director of van Eyk Research, said they have no plans to change the company's name after founder Stephen van Eyk's 25 per cent stake was sold to New Zealand-based Pyne Gould Corporation last month. Stephen van Eyk's stake was sold ...

Planners gain insto help with fee for service

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUN 2010
A large financial services group is giving financial planners that are moving to a fee for service remuneration model a helping hand. MLC is providing workshops to all financial planners following significant demand from advice firms outside the MLC ...

ACSRF boosts insurance for members

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUN 2010
The Australian Catholic Superannuation Retirement Fund joins the growing number of super funds providing more insurance at little or no extra cost after it increased its death and TPD insurance cover for members from 8 to 28 per cent starting next month. ...

Report points to low cost fund future

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2010
An analysis of US-based mutual fund flows has found the lowest cost mutual funds attract more flows than their more expensive counterparts, proving that in the battle between fees and return, fees do matter. The Vanguard Investments report found the ...

Macquarie taps forestry opportunities

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2010
Macquarie Agricultural Funds Management has opened Macquarie Forestry Investment 2010 - a project that provides retail investors access to combined investments of both trees and forestry land on which they grow. The offering will be open to investors ...

Qantas Super slows funding plan

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2010
Qantas Super is easing the flow of funds into its $66 million additional funding plan as markets bounce back and the fund's financial position improves. Qantas Super's funding plan was established last April to boost the coffers of its defined benefit ...

More worries

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2010
"I've got chills, they're multiplying. And I'm losing control..." Grease. With European sovereign debt crisis still dangling over their heads like a "Damocles sword" - hey, isn't he Greek? - financial markets are again presented another source of worry. ...

Opes Prime director faces 22 charges

ASIC RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 31 MAY 2010
Opes Prime director Laurie Emini has been charged with 22 offences of breaching his duties, following investigations by ASIC into the company's collapse. Laurie (Lirim) Emini was charged with offences of breaching his duties as a director of Opes Prime ...