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Govt to amend fund merger tax laws

ALEX DUNNIN | WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2014

The Abbott government has announced that it will go ahead with amendments to the tax rules around fund mergers to ensure members caught up in such mergers are not inadvertently hit with tax penalties. The amendments were proposed by the previous Labor ...

Expand PLS to all age pensioners: TAI

ALEX DUNNIN | THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2014

The Pensions Loan Scheme (PLS) for full age pensioners should be extended to all age pensioners who need an easy way to increase their retirement income, said a leading think tank. The Australia Institute (TAI), a progressive think tank based in Canberra ...

UK FCA to review social media guidelines

ALEX DUNNIN | WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2014

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is conducting a review of how wealth groups use social media to promote their products following concerns that more regulatory clarity may be needed. The review which was launched last month and closes in November ...

SEC adviser exams could cost US$310m

ALEX DUNNIN | MONDAY, 8 SEP 2014

A US study has found that improved investment adviser examination requirements could cost their funds industry US$310 million. Training consultant 'RIA in a Box' released its analysis last week following sentiment that a Bill before Congress to 'user ...

Brumbie: Misguided attacks on SMSFs, enough already

ALEX DUNNIN | FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2014

I used to believe there were three evil things in the world but while I've changed my mind on the third I think I now have to add a fourth. The first was George Bush for his trickery that fooled the Western world into kicking the Middle East ants' nest ...

Hawks Nest is Australia's oldest town

ALEX DUNNIN | FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2014

Hawks Nest on the NSW mid north coast boasts Australia's oldest average residents, giving a glimpse to how some communities will look when retirees begin to dominate the country. A report from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has found that ...

SEC bestow first whistleblowers awards

ALEX DUNNIN | THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2014

While Australian financial regulators wrestle with how to treat whistleblowers, in the US regulators actually have a formal executive office dedicated to supporting them and even bestow awards on whistleblowers. The US Securities Exchange Commission ...

Cap market efficiency plummets

ALEX DUNNIN | WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2014

Reinforcing why the government initiated the Financial System Inquiry, economic research by Industry Super Australia has revealed that the financial services sector is becoming less efficient at raising capital. The cause of the problem, according to ...

Ditch retail prospectuses in some cases, say leading lawyers

ALEX DUNNIN | TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2014

Australia should consider dumping retail investment product providers obligations to issue prospectuses as the quid pro-quo for continuous disclosure, a panel of leading finance industry lawyers has said. The proposal surfaced following the release ...

Brumbie: Super idea, super silly reaction

ALEX DUNNIN | MONDAY, 18 AUG 2014

Here we go again; a parliamentarian proposes a policy response to housing affordability involving superannuation and trade-side interest groups circle the wagons, warning of capital market calamity. Triggering this latest ruckus is that at end July ...

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Australian Unity to shed 195 roles

MATTHEW WAI

Australian Unity is reducing its workforce by 195 positions due to underperformance stemming from delays in government support for its Home Health platform and the integration of several businesses.

Count shutters limited-advice business, slips in size ranking

MATTHEW WAI

Count Financial has reportedly wound up its restricted SMSF/limited-advice service, losing some 26 advisers on the Financial Adviser Register, latest data shows.

First Super recruits head of investments from Prime Super

MATTHEW WAI

First Super has appointed a new head of investments, replacing Chris Artis, who was in the position for the past three months on an interim basis.

BMO eyes Euroz Hartleys' capital markets business

KARREN VERGARA

Euroz Hartleys confirmed it is in discussions with Canada's BMO Financial Group for a potential sale of its capital markets business for $145 million.

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