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Australian stocks weaker at close

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2013
Australian shares closed more than one per cent lower as investors were swayed by ongoing negative sentiment. It was the tenth fall in 13 sessions. IG market analyst Stan Shamu said the deterioration in confidence had continued due to volatility in ...

Free service may help advisers bypass FoFA costs

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2013
Curve Securities' new service, 'TD Gateway', will enable financial advisers to bypass many of the costs associated with the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) reforms, according to Curve managing director Andrew Murray. The free-of-charge service will ...

Government extends TASA exemption

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2013
The federal government's Assistant Treasurer David Bradbury has extended the exemption for financial advisers of the Tax Agent Services Act (TASA) bill and has referred the bill to the Parliamentary Joint Committee for an inquiry. After pressure from ...

Super is working but needs to evolve: ASFA

ALEX DUNNIN, JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2013
The superannuation system is working but is transitioning, according to a report by Deloitte Access Economics that was commissioned by ASFA. The report, 'Maximising Superannuation Capital', released today at the ASFA Investment Interchange seminar ...

Regulation remains unclear a month out from FoFA

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2013
The Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) regulation still has some loose ends less than a month ahead of its start, on July 1, 2013. The Financial Planning Association (FPA) general manager of Policy and Conduct Dante De Gori said that the organisation ...

BT wins award for 'Your World' tool

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2013
BT Financial Group (BTFG) Advice has won the Australian International Design Award for its 'Your World' tool. 'Your World' is a paper-based tool designed to create more engaging financial planning service experience for clients. "Much detail is required ...

Yellow Brick Road launches super fund

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2013
Confusion over the superannuation system is at the heart of why so many Australians are detached from their retirement savings, according to Yellow Brick Road executive chairman Mark Bouris. He said that taking control of savings, and having access ...

Wellington Capital to take PIF case to High Court

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2013
Wellington Capital has said it will take the Premium Income Fund (PIF) case to the High Court after the Federal Court ruled that distribution of PIF shares to Asset Resolution Limited (ARL) was invalid. The rule overturns an early decision of the same ...

No growth in managed funds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2013
Managed funds are still languishing according to official figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). The ABS has just released figures detailing the $2 trillion managed investments sector and they confirm that while superannuation ...

Shorten slams opposition's 'freeze-frame' super plans

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2013
Financial Services and Superannuation Minister Bill Shorten has used the passing of the Tax and Superannuation Laws Amendment (2013 Measures No 1) Bill 2013 into the House of Representatives to slam the Opposition's plans to delay an increase in compulsory ...