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Macquarie loses court battle with ATO

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2013
... transactions." He went on to say: "I am satisfied that the applicants have no reasonable prospect of obtaining the final relief they seek and the proceeding must, in consequence, be summarily dismissed pursuant to s 31A(2) of the FCA Act." This judgment ...

NAB hangs on to custody of UBS GAM

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 3 SEP 2013
... billion of UBS Global Asset Management's more than $37 billion funds under management (FUM). This hefty win will come as a relief to NAB in a market that is no longer the duopoly is was in effect a few years ago. The rise of players such as Citigroup ...

September morn' or September mourn?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 SEP 2013
... only speculate on what the crowd's reaction would be if (or is it when?) the Fed tapers in September. There could some relief buying -- relief that the prolonged speculation is finally over.A Prices have already adjusted for this eventuality after all. ...

Super behemoths set to lock horns in Supreme Court

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2013
... Super in relation to the acquisition by the Future Fund of the PADG shareholding and will vigorously defend any claim for relief should Australian Super decide to pursue a claim," the Future Fund said in a media release. "By making an offer of $2 billion ...

Future Fund denies wrongdoing in Perth Airport deal

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2013
... Super in relation to the acquisition by the Future Fund of the PADG shareholding and will vigorously defend any claim for relief should Australian Super decide to pursue a claim," the Future Fund said in a media release. "By making an offer of $2 billion ...

Abbott's PPL scheme to hit Australia's charities

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2013
... "Dividends are an increasing part of the income stream for Australian charities. They rely on franking credits for tax relief for the work they do, yet we see Mr Abbott either not understand the impact of their own policy, or deliberately abolishing ...

AQUA II exemptions unfairly favour ASX: FSC

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2013
The Financial Services Council (FSC) has said that the application form relief being proposed for the ASX Managed Fund Service (AMFS) should be extended to all registered Managed Investment Schemes (MIS). Under current proposals, the AMFS - popularly ...

ASIC highlights higher enforcement rate ahead of Senate inquiry

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2013
... misconduct. ASIC is even looking at wider issues aside from those concerning financial services and is consulting on regulatory relief for greyhound racing and breeding syndications. The latest enforcement report shows that ASIC made a total of 63 actions ...

ASIC urged to extend 'wet signatures' exemption

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2013
The Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) should consider extending its relief of the need for 'wet signatures' on product disclosure statements (PDS) for the ASX Managed Funds Service (AMFS) to the wider industry to increase access ...

ECT relief should apply to non-concessional contributions: SPAA

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2013
Amendments to the excess contributions tax (ECT) should be extended to include non-concessional contributions, according to SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) chief executive Andrea Slattery. Amendments to the Fairer Taxation of Excess ...