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Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2013
Australian stocks have opened lower as investors respond to an increased possibility the US will launch a military strike on Syria. IG market strategist Chris Weston said news that US House of Representatives speaker John Boehner and majority leader ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2013
The Australian share market has opened higher following Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke's reassurances on the tapering of US stimulus measures. In his testimony to Congress, Dr Bernanke said the Fed would likely scale back its $US85 billion-a-month ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2013
The Australian market looks set to open higher following gains on Wall Street after US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke said tapering of stimulus measures was not on a "preset course". In testimony to Congress, Dr Bernanke reiterated that the Fed ...

TASA necessary for customer protection: accountants

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2013
... Institute of Public Accountants (IPA) is supporting the Tax Agent Services Act (TASA) scheduled to be voted on today in the House of Representatives. The IPA said that the measure will give Australians the necessary consumer protection when it comes ...

TASA now likely to include advisers by July 2013

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2013
... advice will have to become registered tax agents and register with the Tax Practitioners Board (TPB), according to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). Financial advice firms are currently exempted from the taxation agent services ...

Shorten slams opposition's 'freeze-frame' super plans

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2013
... this measure which acts as a disincentive for superannuation contributions and increases the overall complexity of the Australian superannuation system," he said. "This also has implications for attracting and retaining executive talent in Australia ...

Adviser "enshrinement" bill passes through lower house

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2013
The House of Representatives has passed the Corporations Amendment (Simple Corporate Bonds and Other Measures) Bill 2013 with amendments to enshrine the terms 'financial adviser' and 'financial planner' in law. Currently under the C orporations Act ...

Jobs a-plenty but not if Gillard could help it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2013
Wow! That's the only expression one could make when one saw the Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) latest update on the state of the country's labour market. Wow indeed for the Australian economy added more than seven times the 10,000 workers economists ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2013
The Australian market looks set to open lower after a global sell-off over concern about a possible end to US stimulus measures and as data showed slumping business activity across the eurozone. At 0830 AEDT on Friday, the March share price index futures ...

MySuper tranche three clears House of Reps

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2012
... options (excluding cash only options) have their balances transferred to MySuper," the statement said. Issued by the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (ASIT), Industry Super Network (ISN), The Association of Superannuation Trustees (ASFA) ...