The taxation of financial arrangements under TOFA rules

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Background to the TOFA reforms The TOFA reforms were first announced in the 1992 budget and were later taken up by the Review of Business Taxation. The review’s final report

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Investors demand more competitive offerings from Alternative Strategies – Multi Asset Sector

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Notable changes have occurred in the Alternative Strategies – Multi Asset sector since Standard & Poor’s Fund Services’ last review in December 2009, according to the Sector Report published today.

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S&P Assigns ‘STRONG’ Rating To Commonwealth Bank’s Vantage+ Product

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Standard & Poor’s Fund Services has assigned its ‘STRONG’ rating to the Commonwealth Bank Vantage+ product. This reflects what we view as a solid expected risk-return profile, simple and efficient

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Threadneedle strengthens high yield team with two additional hires

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Threadneedle, a leading international asset manager, has appointed two high yield investment analysts as the company continues to strengthen its fixed income capabilities. Gareth Simmons and Jenny Wong will both

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Australia sets the standard in ETF regulation

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BetaShares Capital Ltd (BetaShares), one of Australia’s leading exchange traded fund (ETF) providers, says Australia is leading the way with best practice standards for regulating ETFs that are designed to

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Digging Deeper: Institutional ETF investment in Australia

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The Australian ETF market has gathered momentum over the last two years, gathering AUM across a range of products, investment styles and providers.   However unlike the US or Europe,

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All Star Funds makes Top Ten Net Flows first time in survey

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Kate Mulligan, Managing Director of All Star Funds, has announced today that All Star Funds has achieved a Top 10 ranking in the net retail flows for the March 2011

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AFA campaign gains traction; meeting with Independents

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AFA meets with independent MPs – Grass roots political campaign paying off, but now is not the time for complacency After meeting with key independent politicians in Canberra this week,

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S&P Assigns Ratings To Various Sibling Funds For BT Platforms

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Standard & Poor’s Fund Services today assigned ratings to various sibling funds managed by a range of fund managers. These sibling funds relate to headline funds available on BT platforms

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S&P Assigns Three-Star Rating To BT European Share Wholesale Fund

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Standard & Poor’s Fund Services today assigned its three-star rating to the BT European Share W fund, which is managed by MFS International (U.K.) Ltd. Relative performance has been good since

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