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Government tables FoFA bill in House of Reps

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2014
... amendments to the Parliament as legislation before the end of the year. Unsurprisingly, Greens spokesperson for consumer affairs, competition policy and small business Senator Peter Whish-Wilson said that the FoFA legislation "is aimed at locking into ...

FSC Conference: Industry urged to prepare for Asia Passport pilot

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2014
... extensive experience in managing financial services stakeholders; Catherine Simmons, managing director and head of government affairs at Citi based in Hong Kong; and Annie Lo, director of investment performance standards at the CFA Institute Hong Kong. ...

Advisers eye opportunity in identity theft protection

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2014
... financial advisers feel that offering clients protection from identity theft could add value to the clients' financial affairs, according to a June survey of 203 financial advisers conducted by Beaton Research and Consulting on behalf of Zurich. However ...

Run with bulls

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
... ECB President Mario Draghi's comforting words. Just last night, Super Mario told the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs at the European Parliament in Strasbourg that, "We will maintain a high degree of monetary policy accommodation. In view of ...

ATO closing in on undisclosed offshore income

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2014
... institutions, tax advisers and accounting firms, they may get in touch with their clients to let them know it's time to get their affairs in order and disclose under Project Do It," Cranston continued. To date, the ATO's Project DO IT initiative has ...

The kindness of central banks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2014
... mechanism." The ECB's recent policy action has taken us back to the "bad news is good news and good news is good news" state of affairs when the Fed was the one QE-ing. If these don't scream "Risk On", I don't know what does. And oh, in case you haven't ...

PROFILE: Invesco CEO Martin Franc

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2014
... Majoring in political science at the Australian National University (ANU), Franc initially had ambitions to work in foreign affairs with the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO). But that plan was soon cast aside following Franc's graduation ...

Budget a 'missed opportunity': ISA

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2014
Industry Super Australia (ISA) Director of Public Affairs Matt Linden said the budget was a "missed opportunity to find small innovative solutions," saying the changes could result in a 25% decrease in retirement income for many Australians. He said ...

Professor proposes cheap longevity insurance design

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2014
... as there is in the US. "It could become the Australian model of retirement income." He illustrated the current state of affairs where people have no longevity insurance with the following parable. "Imagine landing on a planet where there's no car insurance. ...

ATO issues warning ahead of tax haven crackdown

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2014
... to come back into the system before December 2014. "Now is the time for individuals with offshore income to get their affairs in order and avoid steep penalties and the risk of criminal prosecution for tax avoidance," said commissioner of taxation Chris ...