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Australia signs FATCA agreement with US

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2014
... 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 legislation ...

Japan's 1997 deja vu

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2014
Despite market optimism over 'Abenomics' and widespread expectations that the Bank of Japan (BOJ) would eventually announce further expansion of monetary policy, Japan's stock market continues to trend lower. The Nikkei-225 index has sunk by 11.4% so ...

Larry Fink pays tribute to Australian super system

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2014
BlackRock chairman and chief executive Larry Fink has endorsed Australia's superannuation system in a recent letter to shareholders. As the world's largest asset manager celebrates its 25th anniversary, Fink's note highlighted the unpreparedness of ...

ISA 'deeply concerned' over banks' MySuper campaign

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2014
Industry Super Australia (ISA) has upped its campaign to keep superannuation in awards, saying it is "deeply concerned" by the big bank-led push to take the Fair Work Commission out of the default super selection process. ISA chief executive David Whiteley ...

Think tank calls to end super tax concessions

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 22 APR 2014
Australia's superannuation tax concession is too generous towards the wealthy and should be scrapped before it becomes an expensive drag on the country's finances, according to new research from the Australia Institute. The think tank said that tax ...

Wake-up call for watchdog after inquiry

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 22 APR 2014
The Economics Committee conducting the inquiry into the performance of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) will present the Senate with "a widespread report that will include the industries' black holes and dark corners." The ...

Challenger backs $4bn global infrastructure business

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2014
Challenger and Access Capital Advisers (ACA) are set to merge their infrastructure investment operations into a $4 billion boutique infrastructure business called Whitehelm Capital. The new business will start operating on July 1, 2014, with 48 employees ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher following gains on Wall Street despite tech stocks at one point pushing the Nasdaq Composite index down nearly two per cent. At 0805 AEST on Wednesday the June share price index futures contract was up ...

TPB releases tax advice definition in YouTube video

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2014
The Tax Practitioners Board (TPB) has listed in a YouTube video the five requirements that advisers need to meet to comply with the definition of tax advisers. In a video uploaded to the TPB's YouTube channel last week, the organisation's chair Ian ...

AMP Capital launches new adviser research tool

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2014
AMP Capital has launched a new online resource centre to help financial advisers have more meaningful investment conversations with their clients. Sitting on AMP Capital's website, the Adviser Resource Centre provides financial advisers with easy access ...