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Government agrees to 12-month TASA exemption

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2013
The government has agreed to extend the exemption for financial planners to become registered tax agents under the Tax Agent Services Act (TASA) bill. The current exemption will be extended to June 30, 2014 and there will be a three year transition ...

Will Australia escape an EM bond crisis?

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2013
The high-yield emerging market (EM) bond market may be a bubble waiting to burst, but Australian bonds can escape this fate, according Fred Goodwin, macro strategist at State Street Global Markets. Since 2008, the high yields offered by EM bonds have ...

PJC to hold TASA hearing tomorrow

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2013
The Parliamentary Joint Committee (PJC) on Corporations and Financial Services will hold its first hearing on the amendment of the Tax Agent Services Act (TASA) tomorrow. The inquiry will be held in Sydney and is scheduled to start at 2.15 pm. The PJC ...

Lonsec and Milliman partner for post-retirement research

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2013
Investment research house Lonsec and global actuarial and consulting firm Milliman have launched an initiative to focus on the changing retirement income landscape in Australia. Lonsec head of investment consulting Lukasz de Pourbaix said the investment ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2013
Australian stocks have opened weaker, with David Jones among the worst performers after the department store chain posted a decline in third quarter sales. The retailer's third quarter sales fell by 2.2 per cent from the same period last year to $399.8 ...

MFAA offers new SMSF training programs

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2013
The Mortgage & Finance Association of Australia (MFAA) will launch three new self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) training programs for credit advisers. The programs aim to improve participants' understanding of their role in setting up Limited Recourse ...

Patience with underperforming managers urged: NAB

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 29 APR 2013
NAB Private Wealth has warned its clients that jettisoning a managed fund for recent underperformance could be an unsatisfactory strategy. Citing a recent US study into the behaviour of retail investors, the bank's private banking division said that ...

On austerity, growth and expectations

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 APR 2013
What grows when it's stimulated? No Stuart, I'm not thinking what you're thinking. According to Economics 101, economies tend to grow given enough stimulation. Forget Reinhart and Rogoff - last Friday they just did a Dijsselbloem (remember him? he ...

MFAA to train advisers on direct property for SMSF

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2013
The Mortgage and Finance Association of Australia (MFAA) has announced that it will train credit advisers on the opportunities that direct property investments may offer self- managed super funds (SMSF). The MFAA estimated that direct property investment ...

Boston Bombs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 APR 2013
It started with the gold rush...to the exits, then China growth disappointment - which turned the sell gold (and other commodities) marathon into a sprint - and now this, America's attacked once more. I woke up to the news that two bombs had exploded ...