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SPAA defends SMSF tax rules

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 26 AUG 2014
The self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) industry has downplayed concerns that it does not pay enough tax, arguing the same tax rules apply across the board. Responding to a front-page article in the Australian Financial Review today, SMSF Professionals' ...

IRESS co-founder departs

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 26 AUG 2014
IRESS chairman and founder Peter Dunai has today stepped down as chairman, being replaced by existing board member Tony D'Aloisio. Dunai, who co-founded IRESS in 1993, will continue to sit on the board until 30 September, at which point he will retire. ...

Actuaries Institute to advise FSI on longevity

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 25 AUG 2014
The Financial System Inquiry has enlisted the Actuaries Institute to advise it on possible product solutions that deal with the challenge of longevity. In its submission to the FSI, released today, the Actuaries Institute states: "The Institute is assisting ...

Frontier makes three key appointments

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 25 AUG 2014
Industry fund-owned asset consultant Frontier Advisors has made three appointments despite what it calls a 'tight' market for asset consultants. Current Frontier consultant Justine O'Connell has been promoted to the role of senior consultant. She has ...

Movers and shakers

... head of equities at Equity Trustees, will become acting head of asset management, supported by Hugh Hodges, Lance Pupelis, James Buckley and a team of equity analysts. Equity Trustees managing director Robin Burns said that Boubouras had made a valuable ...

AMP lifts minimum adviser standards

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 21 AUG 2014
... group will develop a broad-ranging ethics and responsible decision-making program for advisers in conjunction with the St James Ethics Centre with industry input. The program will be available to any financial adviser in the industry and will be in place ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 AUG 2014
... tightened and how that would impact inflation and the timing of the Fed's plan to raise benchmark interest rates. Michael James, managing director of equity trading at Wedbush Securities, said the Fed minutes showed "nothing really new" about the central ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2014
... rose two cents to $65.07 and Fortescue was three cents higher at $4.48. In other local news, shares in building company James Hardie fell 99 cents, or 7.1 per cent, to $13.01 after the company warned its full year earnings were likely to fall short of ...

CIO to step aside as EQT shifts focus

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2014
... head of equities at Equity Trustees, will become acting head of asset management, supported by Hugh Hodges, Lance Pupelis, James Buckley and a team of equity analysts. Equity Trustees managing director Robin Burns said that Boubouras had made a valuable ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2014
... local economic news is expected on Friday. In equities news, ANZ is expected to release its third quarter trading update, James Hardie Industries is due to post first quarter results and hold its annual general meeting in Dublin, Ireland, while Automotive ...