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Costs of new SMSF regulation expected to be "minimal"

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2013
... disruption," ASIC commissioner John Price said during a speech at the Institute of Public Accountants (IPA) National Congress. Price said that the consultation process finishes today and added that the regulator expects to release the conclusions in ...

FPA to hold 2014 Congress in Adelaide

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 4 NOV 2013
... professional development topics, such as personal time management and consumer targeted sales and marketing. The 2013 Congress also focused on social media. The event's hashtag became trending topic in Australia and attendants posted over 2,100 tweets ...

Republicans vote that advisers have no best interest duty

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2013
... reminiscent of Australia's looming political debate to wind back the adviser best interest duty, the Republican-dominated Congress in the US has voted for a bill that allows advisers to act without putting their clients' best interests first. However ...

Congress dysfunction hits US bond confidence

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2013
Political dysfunction in the US has raised concerns the super power may not fully pay bond holders, a risk formerly only associated with emerging market economies. BlackRock Inc has just released its latest 'Willingness to Pay' report that contains ...

QE infinity anybody?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2013
... returning to where they were before - I'd say before 22 May 2013. You know the one, the day Ben Bernanke testified before Congress and was asked if the Fed is "going to tighten by Labor Day?" The one that sparked the Fed taper speculation business that ...

Advisers dismiss Medicare-style advice service

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2013
... saying it would be too expensive. The idea was put to a panel of advisers and clients at the FPA Inaugural Professionals Congress by financial planner Stevie-Jade Turner, as a way of providing advice to people who are otherwise unable to afford it. "I'm ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 OCT 2013
Australian shares are half a per cent higher after the US Congress appeared ready to raise the debt ceiling. The big banks all gained but the big miners slipped after the US House of Representatives and Senate looked poised to confirm a budget deal ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 OCT 2013
... scheduled. In Australia, the market on Wednesday recovered from opening losses to close slightly higher on cautious optimism Congress leaders were heading to an agreement on a temporary deal to raise the US debt ceiling. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index ...

US shutdown slowing pension payments

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 14 OCT 2013
... US secretary for the Veterans Administration Benefits and Services, Eric Shinseki, appeared end last week before the Congress committee of Veteran Affairs and outlined to committee members how veteran pensioners are now being effected. "When appropriations ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 OCT 2013
... points to 5,151.6. NEW YORK - US stocks were mixed as the White House moved to convene meetings with leading members of Congress to seek an end to economic policy paralysis in Washington. The S&P 500 and Dow were slightly higher, but the sell-off in ...