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Washington watching Wall Street watch Washington

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 OCT 2013

MetLife poised to enter DLA market

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2013
Life insurer MetLife will launch a deferred lifetime annuity into the Australian market if the current legislative and other impediments are removed. Speaking in a panel discussion hosted by the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) ...

International advice meeting to develop new strategies

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 10 OCT 2013
... Rantall said. The FPA will be hosting the meeting and is hoping to push for the enshrinement of the term "financial planner" in law. "The meeting comes at a significant time for financial planning in Australia, as FPA works toward enshrinement of the ...

Obama expected to pick Yellen as US Fed chair

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2013
US President Barack Obama will nominate Federal Reserve vice-chair Janet Yellen to be the next head of the US central bank, White House officials have said. If confirmed by the Democrat controlled US Senate, Yellen would become the first woman to hold ...

75,000 SMSFs non-compliant: ATO

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2013
The Australian Taxation Office has admitted that as many as 75,000 SMSFs totaling assets up to $50 billion could be breaking the rules, leading some in the industry to suggest that the sector should be subject to tighter regulation. Last month Australian ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2013
The Australian market looks set to open lower following falls on Wall Street overnight as the US budget stalemate entered its second week with the government partially shut down. At 0815 AEDT on Tuesday, the December share price index futures contract ...

Baker & McKenzie tells industry to prepare for SIV 'bonanza'

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2013
... according to Baker & McKenzie partner Bill Fuggle, who says as many as 300 could be approved by the end of December. The global law firm has a strong association with the SIV having advised the team that originally pitched the idea to the government. ...

ATO unsure if dividend washing illegal

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2013
... is the ATO is unsure if the practice is specifically illegal: "we do not believe [dividend washing] are allowable under tax law," they said in a statement. The vagueness in the interpretation appears to centre on the intention of the share repurchase ...

Senate to question ASIC over alleged RBA corruption

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 1 OCT 2013
... of the RBA, Note Printing Australia and Securency, allegedly liaised with former Iraq president Saddam Hussein's brother-in-law to illegally supply plastic bank notes to the Iraqi government while it was subject to United Nations sanctions. The whistleblowers ...

BGL forms alliance with DBA Lawyers

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 1 OCT 2013
DBA Lawyers has formed an alliance with self- managed superannuation fund (SMSF) administration software supplier BGL Corporate Solutions (BGL) to provide an automated SMSF document solution for trustees. Through BGL's Simple Fund 360 web SMSF administration ...