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Foreign shocks sparks IT scrutiny

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2011
Hedge funds and finance industry operators are paying up to 50 per cent more for old legacy disaster recovery management systems, a new technology provider has said. Alphaserve Technologies, a New York-based firm that provides risk management, performance ...

Super funds win merger tax relief

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2011
Merging superannuation funds have been granted a three-month tax relief extension by Financial Services and Superannuation Minister Bill Shorten. Minister Shorten today said that the Government would extend the temporary tax loss relief for consolidating ...

Financial planners crushed by rigid ATO

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2011
... their industry is a dangerous one to play in." Busoli said massive penalties were then incurred for minor mistakes. "A mistake of $100 can result in a penalty anywhere from $30 to $140,000," he said. "That scale of penalties is absurd." Busoli said the ...

Sentiment slips on oil

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2011
... economies) and/or actual hikes in interest rates (in emerging markets), lingering doubts over the US recovery, policy mistake and then a hard landing in China, competitive devaluation, trade war, debts, deficits and downgrades, etc. all proved futile ...

When good is good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 JAN 2011
... further raise pressure on inflation, will force authorities to tighten monetary policy more, will increase risk of policy mistake, will cause a hard landing... in China and then the world. Bad is good. Moody's cut Greece's sovereign credit rating to ...

China no slow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 JAN 2011
... run like they did in 2009 to cushion their economy from the GFC. There's lesser chance for Beijing to commit a policy mistake than your usual run of the mill democracy. The government does not have to kowtow to varying (conflicting) demands from the ...

Growth spoiler

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 JAN 2011
... of materials (used for repairs and restoration) will increase. Food prices will increase as supplies dwindle. Make no mistake, the Australian economy would take a beating over the next few quarters. And the Federal Government worries that it would not ...

ATO to review 10,000 SMSFs

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 6 DEC 2010
The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) is auditing and reviewing over 10,000 self-managed super funds (SMSF) this financial year as it raises its compliance focus to protect retirement savings. The ATO's scrutiny on SMSF funds and trustees follows on ...

FPA defends turf, looks to HNW

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 29 NOV 2010
... anymore and resist change. "FOFA is happening, it's on. It's going to happen, it will change our business models. Make no mistake," McDonald said. "The analogy I draw with where we are up to is this. There are those fathers that sit on the sidelines ...

Future Fund ex-strategy chief opens Scarce Capital

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 22 NOV 2010
Tony Day, the former head of strategy at the Future Fund, has set up Scarce Capital, a new advisory services business that aims to help investors who want more than just a run-of-the-mill approach in global asset allocation and strategy. Day said the ...