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Quadrant leads super funds investors to buy Red Rooster

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2007
... regulatory concerns with the role private equity investement can have in the market has prompted to Senate to call an inquiry into private equity. Last week, Treasurer Peter Costello said while he supports private investment, he would nonetheless not ...

Unionised workers only half all industry fund members

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2007
... between union membership and industry funds illustrates why a major but unheralded subplot of the current Parliamentary Inquiry into the Structure and Operation of the Superannuation Industry is whether non-union members are adequately represented on ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2007
... today." Mr Klusman pointed to the performance shares in Qantas, after Treasurer Peter Costello said yesterday that an inquiry into the takeover of Qantas by a Macquarie Bank-backed consortium would not delay a Foreign Investment Reveiw Board decision ...

Regulators discuss streamlining some supervision operations

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 12 FEB 2007
Ten years after the Wallis Financial System Inquiry and eight years after the creation of the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), the bodies are in discussions about how ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 NOV 2006
... price index contract was up 15 points at 5,376. AWB Ltd and BHP Billiton will hold separate media conferences on the Cole inquiry report. Telstra Ltd chief executive Sol Trujillo will address an Australia Israel Chamber of Commerce function. NEW YORK ...

Advisers are like architects: AFA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 NOV 2006
... actually do. Richard Klipin, chief executive of the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA), yesterday told the Parliamentary Inquiry into the Structure and Operation of the Superannuation Industry that, "When we build our house we use an architect ...

At long last some logic on FSR streamlining

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 17 NOV 2006
... balance consumers for fear of litigation. Further superannuation reforms are also expected after the current parliamentary inquiry into the Nature and Structure of the Superannuation Industry, which has advice issues as a central theme, reports in mid ...

Sen Chapman explains Parliamentary Inquiry

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 31 OCT 2006
Holding his cards close to his chest, Senator Grant Chapman, Chairman of the Parliamentary Inquiry into the Structure and Operation of the Superannuation Industry, gave a few hints about the big issues confronting the Inquiry. Speaking at the Association ...

Ban default super funds: FPA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 OCT 2006
... developing customised retirement strategies. Speaking at the first day of public hearings in Sydney for the Parliamentary Inquiry into the Structure and Operation of the Superannuation Industry, the FPA said, "The suggestion that mandated super guaranteed ...

Real estate commissions better than advisers': REIA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 20 OCT 2006
... even though they implied real estate agents have very similar fee structures. In their submission to the Parliamentary Inquiry into the Structure and Operation of the Superannuation Industry, REIA said, "There is a strong incentive for the financial ...