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ASIC raises concerns over NSX listings

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 29 AUG 2017
The corporate regulator has raised a number of "concerning trends" in the way some foreign companies are admitted on the National Stock Exchange of Australia (NSX). In ASIC's review of NSX listing standards between July 2013 to August 2016, the regulator ...

Lapsed adviser registrations could spell trouble: TPB

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 28 AUG 2017
More than one quarter of tax (financial) advisers due to renew their registration with the Tax Practitioners Board in July failed to do so, potentially providing tax advice services illegally. Of the 2748 advisers registered to provide such advice ...

Panel appointed to ease AFCA transition

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 AUG 2017
The Government established an expert reference panel to assist with the transition of existing financial services dispute resolution services to the new 'one-stop-shop' model, the Australian Financial Complaints Authority. Led by former Assistant Governor ...

SMSFA supports quarterly reporting proposal

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 22 AUG 2017
The Australian Tax Office's decision to offer a quarterly option as part of a position paper on event-based reporting for the transfer balance cap has been endorsed by the SMSF Association. SMSF Association (SMSFA) chief executive John Maroney says ...

The negatives in the positive jobs report

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 AUG 2017
... trend measure of total employment gains peaked in in April this year (35,000 added) and has consistently eased to 26,000 in July - the slowest since January this year. The trend measure for full-time and part-time employment shows a similar path. Whether ...

Housing affordability depresses confidence: Westpac

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 17 AUG 2017
Aspiring first home buyers remain fearful of their financial futures with new research showing the housing affordability crisis is impacting financial confidence. The survey, commissioned by Westpac, found the majority of first home buyers are not feeling ...

Wage freeze

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 AUG 2017
The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) 'Wage Price Index' report for the June quarter confirmed what we, Australians all, already know...wages growth remains sluggish. Even market consensus got it on point. Growth in total wages stood still at a ...

Emerging markets need a rethink

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 AUG 2017
MSCI's definition of emerging markets doesn't necessarily represent the actual growth in emerging economies, according to LGM Investments chief investment officer Thomas Vester. LGM, which is a subsidiary of BMO Global Asset Management, is ramping up ...

Fed gets green light

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 AUG 2017
... market expectations for a 0.3% pick up. Core retail spending (ex-autos) went up by an equally strong 0.5% over the month of July - more than the expected 0.3% increase - on top of a 0.1% gain in the previous month (revised from a 0.2% fall). Year-on-year ...

ECB disengages from currency war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 AUG 2017
... evolving broadly as anticipated. While inflation remains below the ECB's 2.0% target - headline at 1.2%, core at 1.3% in July - the ECB is now more confident that "the continuing economic expansion and the corresponding gradual absorption of economic ...