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Melbourne to host SMSF expo

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 7 AUG 2017
... of fund managers, financial planners, administrators, auditors, legal and estate planners, associations, statutory authorities, accountants, and other players in the banking, finance and insurance industry. The SMSF sector is expected to reach $90 billion ...

Actor linked to Malaysian pension fund scandal

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 19 JUN 2017
... authority, subject to international protocols governing such matters and the advice of the relevant domestic lawful authorities," 1MDB said.

Moody's downgraded and upgraded China's ratings

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAY 2017
... coming years. The planned reform program is likely to slow, but not prevent, the rise in leverage. The importance the authorities attach to maintaining robust growth will result in sustained policy stimulus, given the growing structural impediments to ...

Financial dispute authorities combined for 'one-stop-shop'

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
Three separate financial services dispute resolution services will be combined and replaced by a 'one-stop-shop' to establish a simpler, more accessible and more affordable process for consumers. The Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) ...

China's off to a good 2017 start

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 APR 2017
... since September 2016, it also represents the 18th consecutive month of gains in house prices. Like Australia, Chinese authorities have been taking steps to let the air out of the property market bubble before it burst and create financial instability. ...

Not off the boil

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2017
Chinese authorities' regulatory restrictions to cool the housing market appear to be having little impact on property prices. Latest figures show that the average price of new homes in 70 Chinese cities rose by 0.3% in the month of February following ...

Going good but there are risks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 MAR 2017
... policy, may catalyse global exchange-rate volatility that could affect Australia's trade". What monetary and fiscal authorities and the prudential regulator could control though is the threat from a collapse in the housing market. "...macrofinancial ...

APRA urges banks to raise capital

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 13 FEB 2017
... noted Australia's robust economy despite commodity price and mining investment bust. The IMF encouraged Australian authorities to remain vigilant and continue to enhance the resilience of the banking system to shocks with macro-financial implications ...

Trump protectionism protects not the emerging markets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 NOV 2016
... inflation will rise as the costs of their raw material inputs increase. Rising inflation would, in turn, prevent monetary authorities from lowering interest rates to boost growth. Ouch number three comes in the form of the negative correlation between ...

AAT upholds ASIC adviser ban

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2016
... The AAT said Sahay's conduct "involved deliberate and repeated action by him to provide false information to lending authorities including the creation of false documents to support the applications lodged by him and was irresponsible and significantly ...