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BT makes key distribution role appointment

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2014
... FSC's advocacy efforts in relation to financial advice, including the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) reform, the Tax Agents Services Act (TASA), advice competency and value of advice. She joined the FSC in 2010 and has over 20 years' experience in ...

FSC's Storniolo leaves to join BT

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUL 2014
... organisation's advocacy efforts in relation to financial advice, including the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) reform, the Tax Agents Services Act (TASA), advice competency and value of advice. Storniolo joined the FSC in 2010 and she has over 20 years' ...

ASIC concerned about SMSFs, warns spruikers

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2014
... to remind property developers that they need a license to operate. The regulator "issued a warning that any real estate agents recommending investors use SMSFs to invest in property must ensure they are appropriately licensed to provide the advice," ...

ASIC permanently bans former finance broker

HARRY PAGE  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2014
... licence. He was found to have made false statements on Newstart allowance forms and made a false declaration to the Migration Agents Registration Authority. ASIC deputy chairman Peter Kell said Frugtniet's conduct was incompatible with the traits of ...

Treasury contemplates TASA relief for experienced advisers

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2014
... six years of experience over the past eight and belong to a professional association will not have to meet the new Tax Agents Services Act 2009 (TASA) requirements for advisers, Treasury said. The government has issued an exposure draft outlining the ...

Fresh Orient Capital acquisitions expand European operations

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2014
... leading full-service proxy solicitation firm for annual/special meetings of stockholders (AGMs/EGMs) and act as information agents for companies during takeover and merger offers and votes. The 50% stake in the European business has been acquired from ...

TPB releases tax advice definition in YouTube video

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2014
... Services Act 2009 (TASA) on July 1, 2014. The legislation requires advisers who provide tax advice to become registered tax agents and to meet a number of educational requirements established by the TPB. In the video, Taylor explained that "transitional ...

Australian budget to blow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2014
... in a vacuum and that governments and central banks would sit idly by and watch everything go kaboom and other economic agents don't adjust accordingly... and global economies stay on their current track. Get the point? The point is that a lotta assumptions ...

Tax advisers in need of additional PI insurance

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2014
... start of the Tax Agent Services Act (TASA) in July 1, 2014, which requires financial advisers to become registered tax agents if they provide tax advice. The organisation asked advisers to extend PI insurance so that it covers the provision of tax advice ...

Advisers to complete 60 extra education hours under TASA

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2014
... proposed CPE policy requirement for registered tax advisers, which is open for submissions until April 6, 2014. The tax agents' body proposed that advisers undertake CPE from the moment they register as tax advisers. The body has already set up a CPE ...