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Asian hub Australia's next goal: MLC

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2007
Australia's financial services industry is of global calibre and should be aiming to become the southern hemisphere's primary financial hub, according to MLC chief executive, Steve Tucker. "Financial services has the capacity to do for Australia what ...

ING boosts life payments

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUN 2007
... number of people covered by group life policies issued through super funds would also increase. "We are providing a real incentive for people to build and protect their wealth as a result of the changes to super," he said. "With more people likely to ...

QSuper champions fin literacy

QSuper, the superannuation fund for the Queensland Government, will roll out a host of initiatives that will help improve the financial literacy of its 470,000-odd members, including the largely overlooked Gen X and Gen Y segments. A major supporter ...

Public companies should learn from private equity

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2007
Public companies could emulate the perceived success of private equity if their boards were allowed to be more independent and they were empowered to manage companies more actively, including using more leverage. "Industry wide outcomes are mixed, but ...

Chilean pension system faces reform

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2007
Low returns, the prospect of lower than expected retirement incomes and undercoverage among the poor and self-employed is forcing the Chilean Government to review its compulsory system. To conduct the review, a special investigatory commission to be ...

Perennial waives fees for three months

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2007
As an incentive to investors looking to quickly invest between now and the 30 June SimplerSuper deadline, Perennial Investment Partners will waive its fees on any new investments for three months. Perennial said the offer means they will reduce their ...

Taxes should not target PE: BVCA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAY 2007
... now. The TUC said their 40 per cent taxation call is because the 5 per cent concessional tax rate was meant to be an incentive to invest in venture capital, not much later stage private equity which increasingly focuses on taking larger established public ...

Dutton allows warrants back on SMSF menu

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAY 2007
... decision was important, leading up to the June 30 deadline for contributions up to $1 million. "It really is a huge incentive now for super funds who are looking to get borrowing within their super funds with instalments. It provides clarity for so many ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2007
The local market will likely open weaker with New York finishing lower and industrial metals prices plunging, with copper dropping to a six-week low on the London Metal Exchange. At 0755 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index ...

Rate rise spectre saps consumer confidence

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2007
... in 2006 the Australian Tax Office is expecting an even bigger hit this financial year. But if negative gearing is an incentive for landlords to run at a loss, it might explain why rents haven't completely gone through the roof. Prime Minister John Howard ...