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Financial planners crushed by rigid ATO

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2011
Rigid contribution cap rules with no ability to amend mistakes are causing financial planners to be caught by a new surge of compensation claims, industry leaders have said. Dante de Gori, general manager of policy and government relations for the Financial ...

SPAA rejigs board

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2011
... Board Chair. Hamilton is the current managing director of Cavendish Superannuation, a large SMSF administrator. Biti, a technical strategist, is the co-founder of Strategy Steps, an independent boutique firm supporting the financial planning industry ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAR 2011
... with solid gains and the euro firmed Thursday as investors looked past the litany of bad news and sought out value in a technical rebound. Dealers said that after recent heavy losses it is possible the markets have priced in the worst - more unrest in ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2011
The Australian share market is set for a nervous start on Monday, after the US and a coalition of forces launched air strikes on Libya over the weekend. At 0731 AEDT, the June share price index contract was 18 points lower at 4,629 points, with 5,745 ...

Mind the leadership gap: survey

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAR 2011
... recommended increasing leadership capability, which meant giving effective management training and not promoting people on technical capability alone. "There needs to be more focus on the capability to lead," he said. "That is the ability to connect ...

The day the earth moved

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2011
... Like New Zealand, Japan might also now be heading into a double dip. Like New Zealand, Japan is one quarter away from a technical recession -- it's real GDP contracting by 0.32 per cent in Q4 2010. But the boost to the economy due to the rebuilding that ...

April launch for XPLAN facelift

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2011
... Knowles said IRESS was constantly adding new data feeds and had been listening to customers. "We're integrating with technical research providers, SMSF accounting software and applications customers are using day-to-day... to help their business run ...

MLC program attracts new planners

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2011
... approached by a number of individuals wanting advice on how to start out as a financial planner. "MLC already offers technical financial planning qualifications through MLC Advice Education but there was no course to help people take those first practical ...

SMSFs increase reliance on ETFs

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 28 FEB 2011
... should be made aware of the costs, with non-recourse loans currently at around 8 to10 per cent. Graeme Colley, national technical manager, OnePath, said that it's important to look at how gearing strategies with ETFs affect the overall investment strategy ...

ATO shifts gears on SMSF regos

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 25 FEB 2011
... start with a contribution... it could lead to significant excess with the brought forward rule," said Peter Burgess, Technical Director, SPAA. There has been much debate around excess contribution, too, with some uncertainty as to what classifies as ...