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Treasury Group's FUM up on retail inflows

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2014
... performances from RARE Infrastructure (RARE), Investors Mutual Limited (IML) and Celeste Funds Management (Celeste) has seen Treasury Group's profits climb 30% to $7.2 million in its half year results for the six month period ending 31 December 2013. ...

FPA "extremely wary" of general advice commissions

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2014
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) submission to Treasury on the proposed amendments to the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) says the organisation is "extremely wary of product distribution models which rely on general advice." The 20-page document ...

General advice exemption "irrelevant" to advisers: AFA

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2014
... Financial Advisers (AFA) has judged the general advice exemption to conflicted remuneration "irrelevant" in its submission to Treasury about the proposed amendments to the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA). "The AFA does not believe that the general ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2014
... for January is due to be released. In equities news, Super Retail Group, Fairfax Media, Origin Energy, Tatts, iiNet and Treasury wine Estates are among the companies expected to post first half results. Leighton Holdings, Adelaide Brighton, Alumina ...

Actuaries call for overhaul of retirement phase rules

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2014
... sum withdrawals and removing impediments to older people who want to continue working. In its pre-budget submission to Treasury, the Actuaries Institute also recommended bringing deferred lifetime annuities under the same tax regime as other post-retirement ...

SPAA urges concessional cap rethink

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2014
... retirement income system to accurately reflect the long-term nature of superannuation. "SPAA has previously argued that the Treasury tax estimates method of measuring the value of these concessions is biased against them and misinforms the policy debate," ...

US Congress votes to raise debt ceiling

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2014
... that has [been] a needless drag on our economy." The bill being approved by Congress has been welcomed by investors. US Treasury Secretary Jack Lew was reported last week saying that if the debt ceiling wasn't raised from 27 February the US was likely ...

FSC joins calls for tax deductible advice

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2014
... advice is integral to growing and protecting the wealth and retirement savings of individuals and families," the FSC said. Treasury ruled out the possibility of including tax-deductible advice in the 2014-2015 budget after the Financial Planning Association ...

FoFA changes delay tax-deductible advice: Ripoll

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2014
... will only be able to put in tax-deductible advice when the adequate professional standards are in place," Ripoll said. Treasury ruled out the possibility of including tax-deductible advice in the 2014-2015 budget after the Financial Planning Association ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 FEB 2014
... manufacturing data compounded already deep fears about emerging markets. Traders were also spooked by a warning from Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew, who warned that the US borrowing limit will be reached on Friday, renewing fears of a Washington stand-off ...