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Australian market set for further falls

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2015
... referendum on whether to accept a bailout and reform package from the country's European Union and IMF creditors and is urging citizens to vote against the package. That could precipitate the country's departure from the eurozone, which could involve ...

Lawyer slams NAB compensation scheme

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2015
National Australia Bank (NAB)'s program to compensate victims of bad financial advice lacks independence and does not go far enough, a lawyer representing some of the victims said. Shine Lawyers financial negligence solicitor Sasha Ivantsoff spoke to ...

Royal commission must look at 'full picture': TWUSUPER CEO

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2014
... chief executive Paul Sayer has questioned the motivation of the Royal Commission into Union Governance and Corruption, urging the commissioner to take a balanced view in his initial findings, which are due out on Monday. Just over a month into the role ...

New compass needed for global economy: BIS

NATHALIE OLOF-ORS, AAP  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2014
... dramatically rethink strategies for avoiding and dealing with financial crises, the Bank for International Settlements says, urging far more focus on fighting debt. The Swiss-based BIS -- dubbed the central bankers' central bank -- has warned in its ...

Firms urged to get ready for SuperStream

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2014
The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) is urging businesses to get ready for a new, simpler system to pay their staff's superannuation contributions. From July 1, businesses can opt in to use SuperStream, an electronic payments system that treats all ...

States urged to recycle infrastructure

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 19 MAY 2014
The federal government is urging state governments to privatise infrastructure assets, with the creation of a $5 billion 'asset recycling initiative'. For a period of five years, the federal government will use this pool to pay state governments 15% ...

Flash Boys is 'complete nonsense': CMCRC

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2014
... frequency trading (HFT) has been branded 'nonsense' by the Capital Markets Cooperative Research Centre (CMCRC) with the group urging regulators not to respond to the scaremongering. The research body has released two videos commenting on the anti-HFT ...

IPA joins calls for LISC reintroduction

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2014
The Institute of Public Accountants (IPA) is urging the Government to reintroduce the Low Income Superannuation Contributions (LISC) to ensure that low income earners are not disadvantaged. As a result of recent taxation changes those earning less than ...

ATO issues warning ahead of tax haven crackdown

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2014
The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) is urging all taxpayers with offshore assets to declare their interests, ahead of a global crackdown on international tax havens. The ATO's offshore voluntary disclosure initiative, 'Project DO IT: disclose offshore ...

Advice industry under-prepared for younger client base

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2014
... its upcoming Women in Financial Planning Lunch which is taking place in Sydney later this month. Tibergien finished by urging advisers not assume that the clients of today are going to be the clients of tomorrow and to take action now to prepare their ...