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Australia signs FATCA agreement with US

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2014
The Australian government has signed an inter-governmental agreement with the United States to implement the US Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) in a bid to improve international tax compliance. The agreement, together with relevant enabling ...

FEATURE: Re-imagining Australia's financial future

STAFF WRITERS  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2014
... Australia's future economic development.."For example, one of the key tenets of the Wallis Report was that the Australian Government should not guarantee financial institutions," Murray told the Committee of Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) conference ...

OneVentures launches second fund for HNWs and instos

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2014
... capital limited partnership in 2010, raised $40 million and was supported by $20 million in funding from the Australian government's innovation investment fund. The fund was the first in Australia to tap into a growing trend in the Australian market ...

British govt to introduce pension choice

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2014
... Britain's conservative government has a very different attitude to financial sector reform than does the Australian government, the British government consultation paper noted they would "introduce a new duty on pension providers and schemes to deliver ...

When saving goes bad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2014
... between the contractions in the Q4 1985 and Q2 1986). You know where I'm heading to next, don't you? Yup, the Australian government, that is. We'll get a brand new spanking budget in about two months time but the wink, wink, nudge, nudge from Federal ...

ASIC extends short PDS relief

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2014
... products that have been excluded from the shorter PDS regime. ASIC has extended the relief pending a future Australian Government decision on the application of the shorter PDS regime to superannuation platforms, multi-funds and hedge funds. The shorter ...

CMCRC launches regulator tool to test market "fairness"

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2014
... efficiency. Developed over five years, CMCRC said the tool was funded through 'several millions of dollars' of Australian government funding. It provides a history of major market design changes for these markets and allows users to choose metrics representing ...

Men continue to dominate super fund boards

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2014
... the percentage of women on ASX 200 boards - 15.8% according to 2013 figures - it lags considerably behind Australian government boards, which comprise 39.3% women. APRA reported that almost half of all super funds have two female directors, but more ...

Westpac and BT launch SIV service

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 29 OCT 2013
... that has access to a broad range of complying investments in addition to any required minimum investment in Australian Government bonds. As at 30 June, there were a total of 305 primary applications being processed by Immigration in Australia, with each ...

ASIC warns consumers about NRAS property ads

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 22 OCT 2013
... invest in residential properties through the National Rental Affordability Scheme (NRAS). NRAS is run by the Australian Government in partnership with the states and territories to promote investment in affordable rental housing. The scheme offers direct ...