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Ignore economics, investors are herders

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2007
... director of the Socionomics Foundation, said previous assumptions that people make financial decisions in the context of the law of supply and demand were misinterpretations of what is really going on. Instead, the reality is laws around the issues of ...

Ord Minnett adds to planning team

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUN 2007
... and business succession planning. Williams is currently chair of the Financial Planning and Superannuation Committee for the Law Institute of Victoria.

Industry cheers red tape cuts

The Simpler Regulatory Bill passed last week will reduce the compliance burden and costs associated with advice for investments or superannuation amounts under $15,000, a move welcomed by the Financial Planning Association (FPA) and the Institute of ...

Govt push for reforms in $221.4b legacy products sector

... difficult to support," said the group in its government submission. Among other things, IFSA suggested that the income tax law be changed to provide tax neutrality where product rationalisation has been undertaken and changes to the Corporations Act ...

RBNZ to become single NZ financial regulator

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUN 2007
... said legislation covering these changes will be introduced into Parliament later this year and is expected to be passed into law in 2008. She said the new rules are relatively light-handed and reflect feedback from the industry.

No bank is ready for AML

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2007
The gaming sector is well ahead of financial institutions in adapting to the new anti money laundering and counter-terrorism financing laws according to a survey conducted by Pricewaterhouse Coopers in March. The survey also revealed that 90 percent ...

NAB Health just what the doctor ordered

... Medicare claims and ancillary service claims. More importantly, NAB Health has borrowed the partnership business model of law firms to incentivise the bank's client relationship managers to stay with the group longer than the average industry staff turnover ...

Suncorp planners ride groundswell of activity

Queensland-based Suncorp Financial Planners reported a 160 per cent increase in financial plans prepared over the past year. The dollar value of financial plans also increased by 82 per cent since May last year. "We're seeing a lot of cash contributions ...

Regulation of private equity unlikely to change

... an assessment of whether appropriate regulation or laws apply to private equity. Among those who made submissions were the Law Council of Australia, the Australian Institute of Company Directors, the Takeover Panel, the National Institute of Accountants ...

Lower foreign withholding tax will boost Australia: IFSA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2007
Advocates campaigning for why Australia should lower the foreign investor withholding tax have for the first time started explaining how the improved tax rate would boost our local investment industry and help Australia develop its ability to compete ...