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Bank interest comparison rate on way out

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAR 2007
... awareness among focus groups with only a minority being able to correctly identify the term Queensland has stirred the debate with moves to extend its own legislation to 2009. Alex Dunnin with

Advice already in client's best interest: FPA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 12 MAR 2007
... provide good advice and who consistently put their clients' interests first before any self interest," said Bloch. This debate however may not be much more than industry group shadow boxing as last week the IFN released Newspoll results showing that ...

Agribusiness cops a caning from ATO

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 8 FEB 2007
... process back on track," he said. Stephen Lynch, executive director and head of agribusiness at SAITeysMcMahon, said while the debate was nothing new, and his business would be unaffected at this stage, the industry as a whole needed rapid clarification. ...

Mellon scores GESB global mandate

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 1 FEB 2007
... investment approach is relatively unconstrained by country or sector weightings and ideas are workshopped through group debate between the 55 investment professionals working in its London office. "We are delighted that GESB has appointed Newton. Newton ...

Time to talk about asset classes: MTAA Super

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JAN 2007
... assets, said Paul Watson, deputy executive director of award winning industry fund MTAA Super. "We've got to try to start a debate about historical pigeon holing of assets," said Watson. Watson said the problem is exacerbated when managed fund researchers ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JAN 2007
... and Perth comes second with annual inflation running at 4.4 per cent and with fourth quarter growth of 0.4 per cent. The debate between the government and the opposition about skills development has continued with the government claiming that its investment ...

Public companies could learn from private equity: Tyndall

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2007
... that better cash." However, Van Munster said he hoped 2007 would be a year when the private equity versus public company debate would turn the heat on public company directors, adding that as an investor into public companies he, like other investors ...

ALP finally agrees to back Budget super reforms

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 DEC 2006
... Rudd only taking the ALP leadership mantle this week, he is probably reluctant to allow himself to be manipulated into a debate about why the ALP was blocking tax cuts for retirees, so the decision is really no surprise.

Avoid excessive hedging: EQT

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 30 NOV 2006
While debates continue about what level of hedging is best, the point is that as investors push more money overseas due to local capacity constraints hedging strategies will become central, particularly as we increasingly distinguish between what drives ...

ASIC should adopt dollar-base performance metrics: ISN

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 28 NOV 2006
The Industry Super Network (ISN) has called on the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) to cut through incessant debates about how we measure super fund performance by adopting a 'net benefit to member' (NMTM) model focusing on the ...