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NAB and ABS employees arrested for insider trading fraud

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2014
A National Australia Bank (NAB) employee and a public servant working for the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) have been arrested in a case of insider trading. They will appear this afternoon in front of the Magistrate Court in Canberra and in ...

New reports to stir financial planning perfect storm

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2014
New information about the sales-driven culture inside the Commonwealth Bank's financial planning unit has prompted the Financial Planning Association (FPA) to leap to advisers' defense. Tonight's airing of 'Banking Bad' on the ABC's Four Corners program ...

IPA joins calls for LISC reintroduction

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2014
... As a result of recent taxation changes those earning less than the tax free threshold of $18,200 will now pay more tax inside superannuation than outside. "There is little incentive for low income earners to put away extra money into their superannuation," ...

FBI launches probe into high speed traders

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2014
The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and securities regulators have opened up an examination into whether high frequency trading (HFT) firms are involved in insider trading. According to reports, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ...

This means war (again)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2014
... saner and more calculating than North Korea's Kim. Putin better prove me right this time, else I'll retire trying to get inside the heads of tyrants forevermore. And just as last year war mongering served more bargains and better entry points for investors ...

Advised pre-retirees more confident about retirement

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2014
... the most important service a super fund can offer. However, only 13% of those currently using a financial adviser do it inside their super fund as a primary source of advice. The research found that reliance on the age pension is set to increase, with ...

I swear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2014
From this day forth, we'll all be trying to get inside that lady's head. Janet Yellen has just been sworn in as the new chief of that mightiest central bank in the world - the US Federal Reserve - but given the backdrop to her swearing in, Janet must ...

There's the good news and the good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2014

Should super have its own regulator?

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2013
... you had the time, you might look at the regulators, and you might think, does defined contribution super actually live inside the prudential regulator at all? Would you in fact move super out of both ASIC and APRA and create a special purpose regulator ...

ANZ praises ASIC "integrity" amid consumer complaints

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 NOV 2013
ANZ has praised the integrity of the Australian Securities and Investments Committee (ASIC) in its submission to the Senate inquiry into the regulator's performance, despite coming under fire from consumers. ANZ is the first large financial institution ...