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ATO calls time on SMSF safe harbour rules

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2017
The ATO is warning financial advisers that the safe harbour rules for limited recourse borrowing arrangements in self-managed super funds will be changing this week. Under the new rules, LRBAs must be consistent with either the safe harbour guidelines ...

Westpac fortifies commitment to data protection

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 24 JAN 2017
... "QuintessenceLabs shares Westpac's desire to use our world-class cybersecurity technology to help even more organisations keep their data safe and private, whether that data is stored or moving between entities," Sharma said. Westpac Group chief investment ...

Still unsure about POTUS 45

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 JAN 2017
... Will Make America Strong Again. We Will Make America Wealthy Again. We Will Make America Proud Again. We Will Make America Safe Again." What's not to like, hey? If Rip Van Winkle woke up on 20 January 2017 and only heard Donald Trump's inauguration address ...

Housing market faces heavy downside risk

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2017
... wisdom that because residential property prices haven't experienced a "broad decline" since 1991, housing is considered a safe investment. However, the report argued that "the lack of a meaningful correction in property prices over such a significant ...

Decimal secures funding from $72bn consortium

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JAN 2017
... first started, people realised that it was a perfect application for banking, but the banks said, 'Woah, hang on, it's not safe. The internet is okay to use for doing a silly search or buying a bicycle, but we can't use it for banking.' "Consumers now ...

ING partners for fraud prevention

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 12 JAN 2017
... INFORM Fraud Prevention, a solution used in other key markets that ING operates in, will bring us what we need to ensure safe and secure payments for our customers. "Fraud is a diverse and rapidly evolving challenge and we need to be able to act in real-time ...

Make 2017 a big year for financial advice

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 9 JAN 2017
... wealth typically don't have a broad circle of friends from similar backgrounds. As a result, it may be hard for them to find a safe space to discuss financial issues with their peers. But you may have a book of clients who are similar both in wealth ...

FSC speaks out against elder financial abuse

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 3 JAN 2017
The Financial Services Council affirmed its support of the Australian Law Reform Commission's proposed amendments to help combat elder abuse. The FSC commended the commission's development of a national plan to address elder abuse, particularly a reform ...

Hedge funds lack confidence in data security

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2016
The latest report from KPMG and the Alternative Investment Management Association shows 60% of hedge fund managers lack confidence in the ability of government bodies to safeguard fund data and information once it leaves their firm. The report - compiling ...

Tasplan launches lifecycle default super

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2016
Tasplan now offers a lifecycle default super option, becoming one of the select industry funds to provide such a service. The new option, Tasplan OnTrack, is designed to reallocate members' funds over their lives to gradually reduce sequencing risk ...