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The Fed is Greek too

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2015
... June - the lowest reading since October 2013. But that's only the US dollar. There too is the unknown reaction of economic agents and financial markets to lift-off when it finally comes. Jack and Jill went up the hill...

Mi problema su problema

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2015
... This makes me think, is the Fed's forward guidance that a lift-off is coming soon makes it come later instead as economic agents and the financial markets adjust for the eventuality? Just my two cents.

TASA breach costs business $900,000

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2015
... Court of Australia ruled against Peter Kolya and his Canberra-based business HP Kolya because they were not registered tax agents. Between August 2011 and August 2013 the business lodged numerous income tax returns and business activity statements, it ...

Adviser reputation hits all-time low

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2015
... brokers did worse and were ranked at 11%, down from 16% in 2014. They were number 27 in the list, only above real estate agents, advertising people and car salesmen. Australia's best regarded professionals by honesty and ethical standards were nurses ...

Industry needs to act after Trowbridge report failure

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2015
... which advisers 'churn'," he explained, so it makes sense for the industry to work in tandem with the regulator to identify agents who engage in this practice - which, he argued, "blights the entire sector". To lift professional standards of life risk ...

Combined Insurance to work with ASIC on fraud leak

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2015
... insurance firm, Moore revealed what she described as a "greed is good" culture at the company - she alleged Combined Insurance agents were selling customers unnecessary (and in some cases useless) insurance products to maximise commissions. She also ...

APAC asset managers to invest heavily in data

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2015
... officer and head of advisory solutions Jessica Donohue. "Advanced data tools and practices will be one of the most powerful agents of change in the investment industry over the next decade." "The big question institutions need to ask themselves is where ...

RG146 "insufficient" on tax education: IPA

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2014
... that financial advisers providing tax advice should be required to have the same level of Australian tax knowledge as tax agents. "RG146 training of a financial adviser lacks the comprehensive education on Australian taxation law," the IPA said. "We ...

Anticipatory and moderate adjustments had become necessary

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2014
... not a democracy where monetary and fiscal authorities set policy and wish and hope and pray that economic and financial agents react as they wished, hoped and prayed. Nah Virginia, China is a command economy. The Politburo commands and economic and financial ...

AAP offers PI insurance for independent advisers

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2014
... quote, in many cases only doing so in the week prior to the renewal date. "With ongoing regulatory changes such as the Tax Agents Services Act, expanding a policy to cover such changes can also be quite a convoluted process," Cargakis said. "When there ...