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A fresh take on deductible contributions

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2008
... Australians - regardless of whether they are self-employed or an employee. "While last year's reform of superannuation tax law brought with it a sensible tidy-up of the deduction rules for self-employed people or other non-employees, the time has come ...

Consumer code needs overhaul

... review of the country's state and territory-based consumer policy framework and the introduction of a "single, generic consumer law" applying across Australia. The report said that a national consumer code will effectively address the regulatory burdens ...

Fundies find a loophole in money laundering law

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2007
... Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act, the regulator Austrac has conceded that there is a big loophole in the law. Austrac issued a statement yesterday, saying the issue of units in a managed investment scheme would not fall within ...

NZ planners regs improve fee transparency

... transparent with fees and disclose likely conflicts-of-interest on top of what is already required of them to disclose by law. Michelle Baltazar

Take governance seriously or lose investor support

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2007
Institutional investors have thousands of companies in Australia and overseas bidding for their support and unless companies start taking their governance concerns seriously these investors will vote with their wallets. "Some companies seem to have ...

The new government: what it means

... account and superannuation guarantee creeping up to 15 per cent are just some of the Labor party policies that could become law under the new government. Colonial First State, one of the biggest managed funds and investments provider in the country ...

S&P launch three new Shariah indices

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2007
Standard and Poor's has launched three new Shariah law-compliant indices, targeting infrastructure, healthcare and large-midcap stocks. The three indices are the S&P Global Infrastructure Shariah, S&P Global Healthcare Shariah, and S&P/IFCI Large-MidCap ...

ASIC to sue Westpoint

... allege did not comply with their obligations under the conditions of their Australian financial services licences and under the law. These licensees are Bongiorno Financial Advisors, Dukes Financial Services, Glenhurst, Masu Financial Management and ...

Markets shake rattle and roll

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2007
As if sub-prime weren't enough to rattle the markets, party pooper Wen Jaibao has rained on the Asian markets' parade, while Australia just gets comfortable to watch the big race, betting all we have on an interest rate hike. Sub-prime mashed the US ...

Sustainable audits need more structure

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2007
Two in five companies are at risk of not fully complying with a new emission auditing law that will come into effect next year, according to a new study. A joint Jones Lang LaSalle and CoreNet Global research study found only one in five Australian ...