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Who's afraid of North Korea? Not the South Koreans

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 SEP 2017
Scary headlines over the prospect of an all-out war between North Korea and the United States (and its allies) continue to flood cyberspace. The latest of which is America's ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley's remark that Kim Jong-un is "begging ...

Higher and higher

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 SEP 2017
... quarters. Latest survey and data releases corroborate this. The Conference Board's consumer confidence index had strengthened in July (120.0) and August (122.9) compared with all three months of the second quarter - 119.4 in April, 117.6 in May and 11.73 ...

APRA issues warning to underperforming super funds

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 1 SEP 2017
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority is pressing ahead with its aim to remove the superannuation industry of underperforming funds, penning a warning letter to all RSE licensees to shape up or ship out. In the letter APRA deputy chair Helen ...

Young Aussies driving sharemarket

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 1 SEP 2017
Younger Australians are developing a greater understanding of fundamental investment principles as record numbers of Generation Z and Y investors embrace domestic shares in order to build wealth. According to new insights from nabtrade, in the 12 months ...

Netwealth expands managed accounts offering

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 31 AUG 2017
Netwealth will broaden its range of managed account solutions in a bid to meet growing adviser demand and continue building on its now $15 billion in funds under management and administration. In the short period from 1 July 2017 the managed accounts ...

Government funds ATO superannuation taskforce

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 29 AUG 2017
A Superannuation Guarantee Taskforce is being established to crackdown on employers which fail to meet SG obligations and potentially short-change employees from their super. Federal Minister for Revenue and Financial Services, Kelly O'Dwyer, said the ...

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 ...