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Challenger recycles capital

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUL 2008
... than $260 million from a couple of optimistic, offshore investors, one of whom paid what now looks like a fortune for nothing more than an option to buy shares in the company. Now Challenger is making plans to give some of it back, by buying its own ...

FBI sting catches $2.4bn mortgage fraud

... system is so skewed towards the manager and not for protecting the capital of the investor." Douglass stressed that there's nothing wrong with hedge funds nor with providing sub-prime loans but there are flaws in the system that need to be urgently addressed ...

Oil speculators push up prices 50 pct

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2008
... oil speculation is so extreme daily trading volumes are now 15 times bigger than actual demand. "Supply and demand have nothing to do with oil prices," he said. The "paper market" for oil is now 1.36 billion barrels per day compared to the physical market ...

Temp residents worse off from new super rules

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2008
... estimate was plausible. "The devil is in the detail and when you look closely at the changes. It is clear that super becomes nothing more than a highly taxed salary deferral scheme with the government getting the benefit of the deferral," said Lane. ...

Pentafin and Direct Portfolio merger complete

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2008
... further increase our scale or broaden our offering. There's a number [of companies that] we have our eyes on, but there's nothing that's active at the moment," he said.

Industry responds to APRA report

... David Whiteley, executive manager of the Industry Super Network, which represents industry funds, said that the report is nothing short of staggering in highlighting the black and white difference between retail and industry funds. For example, industry ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2008
... major banks are really the ones that have given the market most of its gains today. "BHP and Rio have posted mild gains, nothing too substantial, and we're also seeing strong performances out of Wesfarmers and Woolworths." Mr Walker said there was increased ...

US dollar slips after Federal Reserve cuts key interest rate

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2008
... countries where they can earn higher returns. "The markets were expecting this, so while the dollar has weakened it's been nothing earth shaking," said David Gilmore, a partner at Foreign Exchange Analytics in Essex, Connecticut. "There's some evidence ...

ATO warns on super loans

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2008
... personal guarantees. These lenders have legal opinions saying the SIS Act regulates funds, not individuals, and there is nothing to stop members giving personal guarantees. The ATO said a regulatory issue would arise if the personal guarantee resulted ...

Agriculture drives biofuel investing

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2008
... "If as predicted we look to use biofuels to satisfy 20 per cent of the growing demand for oil products, there will be nothing left to eat," he said. To provide incentives for this is "morally unacceptable and irresponsible" he added. For Australian farmers ...