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Ex-ANZ adviser sent to jail over $6m fraud

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 FEB 2015
A former ANZ financial adviser was jailed for six years and three months for defrauding over $5.9 million over a period of 20 years. Melinda Scott will serve three years and ten months in jail before being eligible for parole, the NSW District Court ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2015
The Australian market looks set to open lower following a weak lead from Wall Street amid growing concerns of a Greek debt default. At 0828 AEDT on Tuesday, the March share price index futures contract was down seven points at 5,753. In a rousing policy ...

Majority wrong

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2015
... zeroes. How could the majority - the other 23 (errr, 24 if you include moi) -dismal scientists get it wrong? Me and my 'Taylor Rule'... pffft. "Gov Glenn did it to mess with your forecast", one of my gentle readers, Licerio Lagasca, told me when he rang ...

Taylor rules the RBA just right

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2015
... It's like what Bruce Lee termed, "the art of fighting without fighting"... the currency war. And then there's the "Taylor Rule" - yes, it's been a long time between drinks since you've read about this, haven't you? For quick reference, here's Wikipedia's ...

UK pension funds required to warn consumers

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2015
The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has written to chief executive officers of pension providers to outline government plans to introduce additional protection for retirees wishing to access their defined contribution pension pot from April this ...

Spike in SMSF borrowing breaches

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2015
... spike to a misunderstanding of the rules. "Because borrowing via a LRBA is relatively new and has been subjected to several rule changes since inception, my suspicion is that there has been confusion, resulting in some SMSF trustees thinking it was permissible ...

SPAA backs government position on SMSFs

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2015
The SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) chief executive Andrea Slattery said that reassurances by Treasurer Joe Hockey and Assistant Treasurer Josh Frydenberg about the Government's support for the key principles of superannuation are ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2015
... pick-up in oil prices. However, Shanghai has plunged almost eight per cent after regulators punished three major brokerages for rule violations. The euro continued to struggle against the dollar and yen on Monday before this week's European Central Bank ...

APRA relaxes 'select' option data rules

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2015
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has reacted to industry pressure and watered down the data reporting requirements for super funds regarding 'select' investment options. Select investment options are non-MySuper investment options. ...

FEATURE: 2014 year in review

MARK SMITH, LAURA MILLAN, JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2014
This year has been another busy one for the financial servives industry. FoFA remained on the radar and the Financial System Inquiry has the potential to change things in a big way. The Financial Standard team takes a look at the issues that made waves ...