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TPB starts consultation on TASA

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2013
The Tax Practitioners Board (TPB) has started consultations with stakeholders to clarify any uncertainty around the amendments to the Tax Agent Services Act 2009 (TASA). The TPB is helping advisers prepare for the regulatory change and providing them ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2013
The Australian stock market is higher, following Wall Street's lead after the Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 both reached fresh record highs for the third session in a row. RBS Morgans analyst Bill Chatterton said local stocks were essentially ...

Limbo of uncertainty

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2013
Five days! These are the number of days that the Australian stock market had been on a roll. Over these past five days, the All ordinaries index has risen by not an inconsequential 3.5%, outperforming the S&P 500 index's 2.6% gain over the same period. ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2013
The Australian market looks set to open higher, following Wall Street's lead after the Dow Jones and the S&P 500 closed at all-time highs for the third straight session as in-line Chinese economic growth data offset disappointing US retail sales figures. ...

Storm claim unfair and baseless: CBA

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2013
Commonwealth Bank (CBA) has strongly reacted to the news that Storm Financial victims' lawyer will start legal proceedings against the $136 million settlement that the bank reached with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) last ...

Research houses flag 'rating shopping' to advisers

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2013
Research houses Zenith, van Eyk and Morningstar will make it easier for advisers to see when a fund manager pulls out of the rating process following new regulatory guidelines aimed at preventing investment houses from shopping around for favourable ...

SMSF 'Boost Camp' 2013 gets underway July 23

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2013
Sydney will host the first day of the 2013 SPAA State Technical 'Boost Camp' Series on Tuesday 23 July, at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre in Darling Harbour. The event, organised by the SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) ...

Storm lawyers take ASIC and CBA to court over settlement

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2013
Storm Financial litigator Levitt Robinson Solicitors have questioned the $136 million settlement reached by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) and Commonwealth Bank last year. Levitt Robinson has filed a case against both organisations ...

Self-education cap to harm senior workers

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2013
The proposed $2,000 a year cap on tax deductions for professional self-education could put professionals over 50 years old in a situation of disadvantage, National Seniors Australia said. The organisation said that if the legislation comes into force ...

AdviserEdge Melbourne kicks off on 14 July

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2013
... Social Adviser will be holding an encore version of its inaugural AdviserEdge Social Advice Summit in Melbourne from 14 July - 16 July. The event aims to provide advisers with practical solutions so that they can effectively harness the power of social ...