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Industry bodies ask PJC for TASA extension

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUN 2013
... enough time for the industry to comply with the Tax Agent Services Act (TASA) 2009 bill. The PJC held its first meeting yesterday in Sydney and major industry bodies made their case against financial advisers having to become registered tax agents to ...

ASX to introduce VIX futures contract

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2013
... economists and journalists. Trends over the past month have seen the VIX index rise from 13.007 a month ago to a 19.596 yesterday - its highest level this year - reflecting recent downward market trends. Last week Russell Rhoades, instructor at the Options ...

Next government to reconsider super taxes: Grattan Inst

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2013
... and Howard governments, and this will inevitably force a review of superannuation taxes, argued the Grattan Institute yesterday. Grattan Institute chief executive, John Daley, told the Australian Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) Investment Interchange ...

AFS goes into liquidation

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2013
... according to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). The resolution to wind up the company was made yesterday by creditors. At the same time AFS Group's administrators Rachel Burdett-Baker and Luke Targett were appointed as liquidators. ...

Out of sight, out of mind

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2013
... overlooking the region whose continued weakness the Organisation of Economic Development and Cooperation (OECD) only yesterday warned "could evolve into stagnation with negative implications for the global economy" and whose 2013 economic growth outlook ...

Pipelines the safe bet in the shale gas revolution

JAMES FERYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2013
... most obvious one to us is the amount of energy infrastructure that will need to be spent, " Amores said at an event yesterday. The gas industry has estimated over $200 billion will need to be invested in shale-driven infrastructure - predominantly pipelines ...

Volatile safe-haven bonds

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2013
... really wish I had a twitter account and most importantly...know how to use it. Then I could just hashtag "what I said yesterday" and I'm done. Finito. Wall Street closed down overnight from up the night before. Like I said, markets see what they want ...

Direct insurance not a competitor of retail: Zurich

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAY 2013
... "The statement that direct insurance is cheaper than retail insurance is misleading," Dunkerley said after the release yesterday of research by Plan For Life that suggested that direct insurance is starting to compete for retail market share, with similar ...

The day the music died

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2013
... rapid gains seen recently." "Rapid" it was, indeed. The Nikkei-225 index has soared by 50.3% this year alone, before yesterday's sharp sell-off. Just try and get your head around that for a few minutes. Done? That's a miraculous 120%-plus annualised ...

Yuan to float free, in our dreams

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2013