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University launches free SMSF course

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2016
... responsible for the operation and reporting of their funds. However, trustees should understand that while many advisors and tax agents ensure that trustees meet their obligations, it is the trustee that is accountable for fulfilling reporting obligations. ...

Banks will always take more risk: APRA exec

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUN 2016
... - even though you saw something go wrong in housing prices - are the property developers and the commercial real estate agents. These are the vectors of distress that actually cause problems for the banking system historically," Ellis said. Littrell ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2016
... and the improvements in domestic demand activities such as consumption have weakened, while the sentiments of economic agents have also been sluggish". Weakening domestic demand is negatively impacting inflation in the country. The annual rate of consumer ...

ASIC to run rule over mortgage commissions

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2016
... reforms, which have rendered some operating models obsolete. The latest review has led some to speculate that real estate agents could be next in the firing line.

MFSIM execs use $143.5m in client money to repay debts

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2016
... the company and its actions. Their significant roles in the company also seem... to qualify them as its 'high managerial agents.'" Commenting on the findings, ASIC commissioner John Price said: "Company officers, including directors, play a very important ...

Financial planners improve standing in annual trust survey

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2016
... religion (13) all ahead of financial planners. The bottom five professions were car salesmen, advertising people, real estate agents, insurance brokers and union leaders. Also in the bottom half of the table were directors of public companies (18), business ...

Combined Insurance to cease new Australian business

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2016
... when whistleblower Alison Moore exposed what she described as a "greed is good" culture at the insurer. She said Combined agents were selling unnecessary products to maximise commissions and "tombstoning" - paying initial premiums for fake or deceased ...

Now is the time to accommodate the sellers

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2016
... pharmaceuticals, ecommerce, the expansion of services being offered in the cloud, environmental technology, online travel agents and sensors. One of the key forces in play is the displacement of labour by machines. Some of this is factory automation ...

CalPERS chief executive retires

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2016
... social and governance factors in to its investment portfolio; it navigated sweeping reforms and laws related to placement agents; it implemented a risk mitigation policy and an asset liability management program to ensure long-term sustainability of ...

Drown baby, drown

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2016
... the Fed tightening between 1999 and 2000." The negative effects of a rising oil price is made more pronounced by economic agents and financial markets anticipating rising inflation which, in turn, leads to monetary policy tightening to quell inflationary ...