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Experts battle for GST reform

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2020
... taxes, while re-directing a portion of revenue to lower income households so they do not bear the burden of reform". It recommended state treasuries develop projections of national GST revenues, helping to unearth the magnitude of further erosion and ...

Land tax, not stamp duty: Report

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2020
... recurrent land value taxation over taxation of property transfers," the report reads. "These reviews have generally recommended abolition of transfer duty and replacement via a broad-based tax on land." This is typically down to the economic inefficiency ...

Industry fund eyes KiwiSaver accounts

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2020
... each year. First Super, which traditionally services the paper and timber industry but is public offer, will now be recommended by NZRelo which provides migration and employment advice to New Zealanders looking to work in Australia. As a part of NZRelo's ...

No rating cut for VGI funds as Tynan leaves

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2020
... change. VGI Partners Global Investments Limited (VG1) and VGI Partners Asian Investments Limited (VG8) will stay at recommended and approved respectively. "The short answer is that while we would obviously say that his departure is a significant loss ...

ASIC sues CBA, CFS over RC case

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2020
... remuneration. ASIC said the arrangements could reasonably be expected to influence the choice of financial product recommended by the bank to its retail clients, or the financial advice it provided them. The regulator is chasing civil penalties against ...

ASIC cracks down on investment manager

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2020
... with attestations from one of the firm's senior executives and a board member to confirm that all remedial actions recommended by the expert have been adopted and implemented, ASIC said. If they are not provided, the firm must cease on-boarding new customers ...

ASIC quietly granted new access to phone taps

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2020
... information had evidence or corporate offences but could not share that evidence with ASIC. The new powers were again recommended during the Royal Commission. The Financial Sector Reform (Hayne Royal Commission Response - Stronger Regulators (2019 measures)) ...

UBS Australia launches new CBRE fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2020
... earned an approved rating from Zenith Investment Partners, which also has the existing listed infrastructure fund at recommended and the listed property fund at approved.

Iress opens retail capital raise

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2020
... surprising offer to acquire OneVue at 40 cents per share, valuing the firm at $107 million. The firm's board unanimously recommended the offer, which was priced at a 67% premium to the OneVue's closing price on May 28 and a 19% premium to its 12 month ...

Volatility is not the devil: Pengana

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2020
... downturn, Yacoub said. Although she highlighted the benefits of risk models and tools to avoid significant losses, she recommended investors focus on a business' core fundamentals alongside a portfolio construction approach that respects risk for long ...