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Budget reply speech 2014 -15: Bill Shorten

SMSF flexibility makes them error prone

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2014
... separate financial years if they are made in June," he added. LaGreca said it's ironic that the main cause of the compliance problem is not due to SMSFs themselves but how many of the contribution rules were established as safeguards for regular employer ...

Safer sex? Women take less risk than men

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2014
Overlooking the preferences of the more cautious partner when devising an investment strategy for couples could see planners get a rap from the regulator, risk specialist FinaMetrica has warned. Risk profile data compiled by the financial services firm ...

BOE qualifies for World Cup

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2014
... lows of July 2013 - the time when speculations of another UK recession were rife. But this, your royal majesty, is the problem. Sterling's strength being already a 'de facto' tightening of monetary conditions and could potentially reverse the economy's ...

Industry prepares for Abbott's first budget

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2014
... on Twitter. "Yes, there's got to be short-term pain, but it's pain with a purpose," he told Macquarie Radio. "This is a problem-solving budget because we do have a very serious problem of debt and deficit, stretching as far as the eye can see. But it's ...

Research houses to blame for advice catastrophes: AIOFP

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2014
The Association of Independently Owned Financial Professionals (AIOFP) said that research houses' conflicts of interest when rating products are one of the reasons behind the failure of some funds. In a submission to the Financial System Inquiry (FSI) ...

SuperStream savings 'nowhere near' estimates

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2014
SuperStream is not delivering the member value for money that was its intended result in the Cooper Review, according to VicSuper head of employer relations Dean Pearce. Pearce said that, in order to differentiate itself in the employer market, VicSuper ...

Blue Sky launches first listed investment company

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2014
Blue Sky Alternative Investments has launched an initial public offering (IPO) to raise up to $100 million to list Australia's first diversified, alternatives-focused Listed Investment Company (LIC) on the ASX. With the listing, the company is aiming ...

New reports to stir financial planning perfect storm

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2014
New information about the sales-driven culture inside the Commonwealth Bank's financial planning unit has prompted the Financial Planning Association (FPA) to leap to advisers' defense. Tonight's airing of 'Banking Bad' on the ABC's Four Corners program ...

May worry

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2014
... covenant-lite loans again. It all looks and feels like 2007. And frankly, I think it's worse than 2007, because then, it was a problem of the developed economies. But in the past five years, all the emerging economies have imported our ultra-low policy ...