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Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 25 AUG 2006
... many members of the community are not sharing the prosperity. A report by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare notes that more than 150,000 people accessed crisis accommodation in 2004-05 and about 70,000 children, most less than four years ...

Cutting super benefit taxes affordable: IAA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUL 2006
... financial consequences of the Treasurer's tax package, it also acknowledges that there are issues of equity involved. The paper notes, for example, that elimination of taxes on benefits will largely benefit those on higher incomes (ie those who pay higher ...

Another Elm associate banned by ASIC

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUL 2006
... Flegg made arrangements for a retired couple to invest $1 million, their entire superannuation balance, into Elm Nominees notes, an unsecured product offered by Elm Nominee Services Pty Limited which was related to Flegg. Elm Nominee Services Pty Limited ...

Grange number one for credit linked notes: AsiaRisk magazine

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUN 2006
Grange Securities has topped an Asia-wide poll as the best Australian financial institution in credit linked notes, which includes CDOs. In the wider category of derivatives and structured credit products, the survey also ranked Grange in the top five ...

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 ...