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Nigerian PenCom adjusts pension

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 AUG 2010
... some World Bank and IFC economic instruments. Under previous regulations in Nigeria, only bonds issued by the Federal Government of Nigeria or Central Bank of Nigeria could receive investments by pension fund assets. This has now expanded to include ...

Art lobby wins fight to keep SMSFs art-friendly

SPAA MEDIA STATEMENT  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2010
The Federal Government has endorsed the Cooper Review's key MySuper reforms but in a major victory for the art industry and self-managed super fund trustees, it said that it won't adopt the move to ban SMSFs from investing in 'collectables'. The leading ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUL 2010
... 53 cents, or 20.87 per cent, at $2.01 after it said it's unlikely to replace all work won last year from the federal government's stimulus package. Mr Xiradis said the financial sector, like the market overall, was weaker because of market strength. ...

AFAC and APESB launch fresh debate on fiduciary duty

MICHELLE BALTAZAR, MEDIA RELEASES  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2010
... basis - meaning no commissions, percentage-based asset fees and production bonuses. This contrasts with the federal government's proposed new laws which allows percentage-based assets fees, except in products where there's gearing involved. APESB chairperson ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUL 2010
... Exchange, the September futures contract was up 34 points at 4,249 points, on volume of 18,212 contracts. The federal government has scrapped its controversial 40 per cent tax on the mining industry, replacing it with a 30 per cent levy which will hit ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUL 2010
... oil also all down. Some boost may be expected if the market responds favourably to a compromise between the Federal Government and the mining industry on the resources super profits tax, anticipated to be announced before the market opens on Friday. ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 28 JUN 2010
... points, on volume of 14,444 contracts. RBS Morgans private client adviser Bill Bishop said speculation that the federal government's resources super profits tax could be amended or that negotiations with miners be delayed until after an election had ...

RMBS market low risk and high return: Aberdeen

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2010
... "sizeable" 20 per cent allocation to Australian mortgages. It was a different story to two years ago when the Federal Government set up a government-sponsored mortgage body and invested in $4 billion of Australian residential mortgage-backed securities ...

ASIC starts short positions daily reporting

ASIC RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUN 2010
... www.asic.gov.au/short-position-reports. Short sellers have been required to report short positions to ASIC following the introduction by the Federal Government of new reporting obligations to improve transparency in the market. ASIC started its reporting ...

IQ Business grows 20pc due to Cooper Review

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 21 JUN 2010
IQ Business Group has benefited from the Federal Government's review of the superannuation system, growing more than 20 per cent as trustees assess the potential impact. Graham Sammells, chief executive at IQ Business Group, which works with super funds ...