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Cormann criticises trust reform delay

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 30 JUL 2012
... won't work," said Mark Morris, senior tax counsel at CPA Australia. "We need a comprehensive, integrated review of trust tax law for something robust enough to serve future generations. We want something people can understand, where compliance is relatively ...

Model FATCA intergov agreement imminent

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2012
Following talks with US Treasury officials, the FSC said a model intergovernmental agreement on FATCA would be released in the next few weeks. FSC chief John Brogden has urged the Australian government to take advantage of the option and act quickly ...

CYRE Trilogy, APFG still fighting

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2012
... Goulburn Street in Sydney and office blocks in St Leonards in Sydney and on St Kilda Road in Melbourne. Under Corporations law, APFG is obliged to surrender the register of unit holders within seven days. Rodger Bacon, CYRE Trilogy chairman, said CYRE ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2012
The Australian market looks set to open higher following Wall Street's positive lead after US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke gave a gloomy assessment of the US economy. At 0800 AEST on Wednesday, the September share price index futures contract ...

FSC focuses FATCA talk on govt agreement

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2012
... order to comply with US laws." The design of country specific schedules or intergovernmental agreements is to deal with local law issues, according to Elias, which might for example entail an agreement whereby super funds work with the ATO in accordance ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2012
SYDNEY - The Australian market looks set to open higher following Wall Street's positive lead after US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke gave a gloomy assessment of the US economy. At 0800 AEST on Wednesday, the September share price index futures ...

ASIC closes in on SMSF advice firms

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2012
The Australian Securities & Investments Commission has obtained interim court orders against two Queensland-based self-managed superannuation advice companies, following concerns that the firms have misled investors about their investments. The corporate ...

Dodd-Frank sees rise in virtual family offices

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2012
... favour as a result. Those were among the findings reported by the Advanced Planning and Family Office Practice Group at US law firm Handler Thayer LLP in their 2012 outlook. "Most family offices with U.S. taxpayers are struggling with the requirements ...

Climate change already an insurance risk

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2012
Political opposition to the carbon tax may be at record highs in Australia but for insurers climate change has for many years already been an economic and business risk they have had to plan for. "Since climate change could lead to losses on a scale ...

Perfect timing for a "perfect storm" alert

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2012
... latest prediction will come good this time? Of course, it has. He's turned up heads while calling tails so many times that the law of probability would eventually catch up. But that's if you expect fiscal and monetary authorities would just sit idly ...