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ASIC retains key role as fin planning regulator: Shorten

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 11 FEB 2011
... stipulated that ASIC's role would be collaborated by the Tax Practitioners Board to create unified standards between tax agents and financial planners who deliver tax advice. The Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation Bill Shorten met with ...

AIG sells Nan Shan stake

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 25 JAN 2011
... chief executive. The purchase agreement includes a number of commitments that offer important protections for employees and agents, according to an AIG statement. For example, the agreement specifies that the new owner maintain existing compensation ...

Haste makes waste

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 JAN 2011
... or don't, these financial market Nostradamuses have now unleashed the beast of higher borrowing costs. Rational economic agents would now start thinking about reducing spending and saving in preparation for tighter money ahead just as they did last year. ...

Banc of America Securities charged with fraud

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 13 DEC 2010
... value. The most common way of establishing fair market value is through a competitive bidding process, whereby bidding agents search for the appropriate investment vehicle for a municipality. In its order, the SEC found that the bidding process was not ...

60 Minutes deception

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 DEC 2010
... of the lag time between when monetary policy is changed and when that change alter the behaviour of rationale economic agents. So there is a problem with reducing inflation at the appropriate time Ben. Having said that, no one really expected Big Benny ...

Open fire roasted bears

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 DEC 2010
... of a Chinese slowdown are exaggerated. Financial markets can speculate about this over democratic systems where economic agents act and react according to their best interests. But not for a command economy like China where Beijing dictates what is best. ...

Shorten to tighten tax agent rules for planners

MEDIA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 29 NOV 2010
... some tax agent services, are currently regulated through the ASIC administered Australian Financial Services Licence. Tax agents, on the other hand, are regulated through the tax agent services regime administered by the Tax Practitioners Board. The ...

AIA signs record number of corporate funds

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 23 NOV 2010
... Group which already has a large customer base with 23 million policies in force, a distribution force of more than 300,000 agents across the region and more than 10 million participating members of group policies. According to the 2010 Rainmaker Insurance ...

NTAA challenge planners to cut fees

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 19 OCT 2010
... whole industry in a bad light, and rob it of credibility," he said. The NTAA represents about 7,500 accountants and tax agents members and was launched late last month, to offer assistance to their members on providing superannuation advice.

AIA to hire 27 for customer service

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 OCT 2010
... subsidiary of the AIA Group and a specialist provider of life insurance products. Through a network of more than 320,000 agents and approximately 23,500 employees across 15 geographical markets, the AIA Group serves the customers of over 23 million in-force ...