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Super tax concessions cost more than they save: Greens

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUN 2006
... to their superannuation contributions are more expensive than the costs of providing individuals with an aged pension," notes the report. The report also argues the superannuation industry's forecasting about savings gaps crises is misleading because ...

Investors strike gold with LinQ

... monitored. Another key differentiator of the fund is that it has a higher-than-average proportion of capital in convertible notes, which allows investors to lock in profits when the shares do well or get all their money back if the shares do poorly. ...

Another Westpoint collapse

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 24 APR 2006
... the company is insolvent and unable to manage its affairs. The company raised $2.5 million through the issue of promissory notes to 34 investors. The notes remain unpaid despite becoming due last year. The cases against several former Westpoint directors ...

More senior executive changes for the FPA

... Brennan's comments is the fact that the Westpoint Income fund is a completely different product to the mezzanine promissory notes that landed Norm Carey's company in deep trouble with ASIC and led to the group's demise. "We are deeply concerned by events ...

Rollovers can be processed rapidly and securely: RecruitmentSuper

... requests for roll-overs are a far cry from the legislation-required three month response time. In its figures, RecruitmentSuper notes that in the last six months it has dealt with more than 18,000 benefit payment requests from members. More than 85 per ...

High yield mortgage funds score high ratings

... characteristics of the different industry segments. High yield mortgage funds for example exclude Westpoint Group-type mezzanine notes or promissory-note products. Peter Ward, S&P's associate director, said, "The promissory notes and mezzanine type of ...

Daily Economic Update

... Australia (CBA). The PSI index rose to 52.7 in January, indicating expanding activity in the service industry. But AIG/CBA notes that the PSI index reading for November, December and January were the lowest comparative monthly results in three years. ...

Pre-Christmas sale earns Absolute Capital NZ$30m

... Limited (Absolute Capital) celebrated Christmas early in 2005, raising NZ$30 million through the release of Packaged Income Notes (PINs), paving the way for an Australian launch. Absolute Capital's group managing directior and chief investment officer ...

Apples are not apples with new accounting standards

... from Tyndall. Tyndall's research, aptly titled "Apples and Oranges - investors coping with the new accounting standards", notes that, in the medium term, reported earnings will become less useful as a guide to a company's performance. Brad Potter, the ...

Zurich to launch Life Risk Factory

... technology company which last week launched an easy-to-use web-based insurance platform, as reported in Financial Standard. McKee notes that life insurance is the long-neglected cousin of the saving market, lagging behind on service offering and the ...