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Senate passes changes to super payments reporting

The Senate has passed the Tax Laws Amendment (Superannuation Reporting) Bill allowing employers, from 1 January 2005, to forgo quarterly reporting of superannuation entitlements to employees with little resistance in the upper house of Parliament from ...

Assirt conflict policy pushes for full upfront fees

Managed funds research house Assirt Research has released its policy on dealing with conflicts of interest stating it will no longer grant managers access to ratings before they are released and charge full ratings fees at the outset of the ratings ...

Powell starts new year at ING Australia

ING Australia has appointed Dan Powell as their new executive director sales and marketing. Powell joins ING with 18 years of industry experience behind him. Between 1987 and 1999 he worked at BT Financial Group in a number of roles including senior ...

Wake up call for looming dollar disclosure requirements

Product disclosure statements (PDS), statements of advice and periodic statements released after 1 January 2005 need to ensure they comply with incoming provisions. Ebsworth & Ebworth's recent law bulletin has outlined the importance of preparing for ...

ASFA slams government's proposed tax law amendments

The government's proposed Tax Laws Amendment (Superannuation Reporting) Bill 20004 to abolish quarterly reporting by employers of superannuation payments could jeopardise the safety of super said ASFA. The bill, which could come into effect from January  ...

Basel II for Australia in 2008

APRA has decided the new global supervisory framework for assessing the capital adequacy of deposit-taking institutions, Basel II, will be fully implemented in Australia by January 1, 2008. The framework was developed by the Basel Committee on Banking ...

ANZ Job Ads survey finds ads at three year high

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 NOV 2004
The number of job advertisements in major metropolitan newspapers rose by 5 per cent in October to an average of 23,147 per week, according to the latest ANZ job advertisements survey. October's increase reversed a 1.8 per cent fall in September and ...

New guide on rebates and commissions

A guide on rebates and related payments in the wealth management industry has been jointly released by the Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) and the Financial Planner Association (FPA) to improve both payment and remuneration practices. ...

Bogus Insurance Broker pleads guilty

Marcus Anthony has pleaded guilty in the NSW Central Court to fraud and operating as an unlicensed insurance broker. Mr Anthony was alleged to have acted as an insurance broker without and agent without holding a license, misappropriated client funds ...

NZ interest rates rise

The cash rate in New Zealand now sits at 6.5 per cent after Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) again raised interest rates by 25 basis points, the sixth such increase since January 2004. RBNZ Director Dr Allen Bollard cited the strength in New Zealand's ...