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Extension looks likely for adviser tax advice changes

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2013
The peak financial planning industry bodies are confident treasury will extend the deferment period of the application of the Tax Agents Services Act (TASA) to financial advisers. Currently financial planners providing tax advice as part of financial ...

EM debt funds burst bond bubble fears

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2013
... fund managers. Stewart adds that investors positioning for a bond bubble may still miss out on falling yields. "While US Treasury spreads have edged slightly higher, the Fed target for pulling back quantitative easing of 6.5% unemployment is still a ...

BNP Paribas expands banking capabilities

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2013
... Australia, will become head of Market and Financing Services Products. He will report to Natalie Floate, who is the head of Treasury, Agency Securities Lending and Foreign Exchange for Asia Pacific.

Australia is world leader in treasury: research

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2013
Australia has one of the most sophisticated treasury markets in the world and is the leader of the Asia Pacific region, according to the preliminary results of a survey by technology provider Sungard and Bank of America Merrill Lynch. The full research ...

EM corp bonds better than US: CFSGAM

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2013
... still have fixed interest assets in their portfolio. "I'd much rather hold emerging market sovereign debt than a 10-year Treasury giving me a negative real return," she said. "Investors can buy emerging market corporate with better metrics than their ...

Bond investors beware interest rate risk

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2013
... lurking in many fixed income portfolios. Chief among them is the risk that a 17 basis point uptick in the 10-year US Treasury yield would wipe out a years worth of income for many bond investors. The BlackRock Investment Institute says fixed income portfolios ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2013
... Association (HIA) posts January figures for new home sales. In equities news, Perpetual, Woolworths, Harvey Norman, Brickworks, Treasury Wine Estates and Challenger are expected to release first half results. In Australia, the market on Wednesday finished ...

Challenger hops on SuperStream gateway

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2013
... processes more than 100 million transactions annually with process costs of over $3.5 billion, according to figures from the Treasury cited by Challenger. Manual processing of superannuation transactions currently cost between $5 to $10 per transaction ...

ORIX acquires 90% of Robeco from Rabobank

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2013
... between Rabobank and ORIX where Rabobank will retain a 9.99 per cent share in Robeco. At the same time, ORIX will allocate treasury stock to Rabobank as part of the acquisition price and, as a result, Rabobank becomes a shareholder of ORIX. The two financial ...

Stop using super as political pawn: Narev

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2013
... capitalising on iterations that the opposition would call off the increase in contributions. On Tuesday night opposition treasury spokesman Joe Hockey was forced to clarify that the coalition would not rescind the reforms if they win the election. Today ...