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Taxpayers Australia supports Board of Tax recommendation

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2015
Taxpayers Australia has announced its support for the Board of Tax recommendation to redefine the small business turnover threshold from $2 million to $3 million to keep pace with inflation. "Relief to small business is necessary as they do not have ...

Bennelong appoints new distribution director

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2015
Bennelong Funds Management (Bennelong) has appointed Holly Old as its new director distribution for Victoria/Tasmania. Having previously held positions at Franklin Templeton Investments, BlackRock Investment Management and Merrill Lynch Investment Management ...

Accountants interested in mFund: OneVue

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2015
... involvement with mFund to continue to experience substantial growth this year," said OneVue head of client and product strategies Alex Wise. "The findings are significant because mFund only recently commenced operation, and already 13% of SMSF accountants ...

ASFA supports ASIC electronic disclosure consultation

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2015
The Association of Super Funds Australia (ASFA) has expressed its support for the ideas discussed in ASIC Consultation Paper 224 - Facilitating electronic financial services disclosures. It argued that ASIC facilitating electronic disclosure will assist ...

Melbourne planner launching crowd-funded positivity campaign

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2015
A Melbourne adviser is looking to crowd-fund a campaign to promote positive stories about financial planners. Spurred by negative press about the profession, Houghton Strategic Solutions owner and AFA member Melinda Houghton is launching Positivity ...

Technology polarising retail property spaces

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2015
The growing role of technology in consumer behavior is reducing institutional investors' interest in midrange retail property, according to TH Real Estate director of retail Myles White. Online catalogues, social media and a rising global brand awareness ...

Managed accounts boost advice business valuations

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2015
New research from Rainmaker reveals that managed accounts are not only enabling advisers to improve their clients' investment outcomes as well as boost their own business' worth, they are enabling new investment managers to enter the market. The research ...

Macquarie Group upgrades profit forecast for FY15

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2015
Macquarie Group has confirmed it expects profits to rise by 10-20% above the $1.27 billion originally announced for the year to March 2014. Cited reasons for this include the 6.5% Australian dollar depreciation since October, sales and trading volatility ...

Super modern awards anti-competitive: FSC

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2015
Research by the Financial Services Council (FSC) suggests that modern awards are reducing competition in the superannuation industry. FSC's analysis of the modern awards system demonstrates a disproportionate representation of industry, government and ...

ASIC national exam proposal lacks evidence: CMCRC

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2015
ASIC chair Greg Medcraft's call for a national adviser examination is flawed, according to Capital Markets Cooperative Research Centre (CMCRC) chief executive Michael Aitken. While recognising Medcraft's good intentions, Professor Aitken argued that ...