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Tax-efficient giving advice missing: Macquarie

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2012
Advisers who don't evolve their businesses to cater for growing client interest in philanthropy risk being left behind. That's the conclusion of Queensland University of Technology research which reveals a growing demand among high net-worth clients ...

AvSuper chairman to step down

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2012
... development. "Serving AvSuper members has been a privilege and an immensely rewarding experience for me; however in the interest of refreshing the Board, I have decided to look for new challenges elsewhere in the superannuation industry," said Grant. ...

Govt to pay interest on lost Super funds

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2012
... that this Labor government has no economic strategy and will always put its own political survival ahead of the national interest," he said. Treasury analysis showed that lost super accounts with balances of $1,000 were being hit with charges as high ...

CPSA brands super centre wasteful

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2012
Government plans to deploy the interest from a $10 million fund earmarked for a Superannuation Consumer Centre won't get close to adequately protecting the interests of consumers, according to the Combined Pensioners & Superannuants Association (CPSA). ...

Too much ado over MYEFO

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2012
... these, and then some. It's good. It's bad. It's a revenue grab. It's responsible policy. It's a fiscal drag. It'll lower interest rates. Be scared. Be not. There's an opinion or a rationale or an excuse to suit everyone's bias. There is, however, one ...

LM secures due diligence agreement

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2012
... worth $1billion. The two offshore funds, which can't be named due to a confidential agreement, have expressed a strong interest in funding several property assets within LM's Managed Performance Fund and the First Mortgage Income Fund, following a view ...

BOQ not a takeover target: Grimshaw

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2012
Bank of Queensland (BOQ) is not a takeover target, and the worst is behind it, said its chief executive, after the bank became the first in two decades to post a loss. Stuart Grimshaw, BOQ chief executive officer, denied speculation that the bank would ...

Schroders wins top fund manager award

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2012
... Hospital and the Odyssey House McGrath Foundation. Among others winners on the night were AMP which secured the Fixed Interest award and Arnhem Investment Management which took out the Golden Calf award for the best boutique fund manager of the year. ...

Murdoch defies shareholder sentiment

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2012
Rupert Murdoch has told investors protesting against the amount of power he wields at News Corporation to sell their stock if they are unhappy with the way the business is managed. The media mogul expects to remain ensconced in his dual-role as News ...

Wen again gets what Wen wants

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2012
... belief in its growth; Numbers that provided the answer as to why the PBOC has been silent since July (when it last cut interest rates down to 6.0% from 6.31%) despite easing inflation pressures. Numbers that proved that monetary policy operates with ...