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Legal threats loom over poor SMSF advice

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2011
... call themselves 'SMSF specialists' are ill-equipped to adequately advise on running a self-managed super fund - making them prime targets for litigation and causing reputational damage to the SMSF sector. As reported this week on Financial Standard ...

Time for super to step up

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2011
... through poor regulation leading to bad product design and flawed distribution practices, evidenced by the proliferation of sub-prime loans in the US being bundled into collateralised bond products that were on-sold across the world. "It highlights how ...

Carbon blast from the GST past

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2011
Yes, I know. It was very conspicuous -- the absence of even a single line of commentary on this space over Prime Minister Gillard's Sunday announcement of the carbon tax nitty-gritties. I didn't want to jump the gun or add my still confused thoughts ...

Russell heads back to Canberra

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2011
... was formerly BNY Mellon Asset Management's global investment strategist. His Canberra credentials are that he was former Prime Minister Paul Keating's principal adviser between 1985 and 1993, before which he was senior executive in the Commonwealth Treasury. ...

All good but for the dollar A

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2011
... in contrast with previous economic contractions in 1991, 2000 and 2008 where collapsing domestic demand was seen as the prime driver behind the period's GDP shrinkage. But for all the "feel good" rhetoric and commentaries, the Australian stock market ...

Industry funds primed for more planning deals

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2011
Industry funds are expected to follow AustralianSuper's lead in forming closer alliances with financial planners, as they look to provide advice to more members. News that the $37 billion AustralianSuper will partner with six financial planning groups ...

Planners prime legal targets for angry clients

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 18 APR 2011
Financial planners relying on research are sitting ducks for legal action in the wake of the Trio Capital superannuation fraud and need to protect themselves, a planner has said. In the case of the Trio Capital fraud, adviser Ross Tarrant's firm Tarrants ...

ASIC and govt launch MoneySmart.gov.au

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAR 2011
... achieve their financial goals. It gives all Australians access to impartial and really useful financial guidance," said Prime Minister Julia Gillard through videolink at the launch. Assistant Treasurer Bill Shorten said the website would complement the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2011
... In equities news, the case between Lehman Bros and a raft of local councils and charities over their investments in sub-prime-backed securities leading into the global financial crisis continues in the Federal Court in Sydney. On Friday, the Australian ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2011
... in Sydney, as does the case between Lehman Bros and a raft of local councils and charities over their investments in sub-prime-backed securities leading into the global financial crisis. On Wednesday, the Australian share market closed lower as investors ...