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Budget reply speech 2014 -15: Bill Shorten

SMSF flexibility makes them error prone

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2014
... reasons these funds are vulnerable to compliance problems. Speaking at this week's Financial Services Technical Services forum, AMP SMSF Administration head of technical servicesA A Philip LaGreca said that the main culprit was the complexity of the ...

Voting opens for the 2014 MAX Awards

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2014
... then GET VOTING! Voting ends 30th May. Winners will be announced at the MAX Awards gala dinner, which is part of the MAX Forum held on 18th June in Sydney.A The Forum is one-day intensive event focused on the best way to market, advertise and sell financial ...

Super to engender securitisation 'rebirth': Brogden

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2014
... according to Financial Services Council chief executive John Brogden. Speaking at the Actuaries Institute's Financial Services Forum yesterday, Brogden argued that as asset concentration risk increasingly becomes an issue for monster funds, one new domestic ...

NAB and FSC tight-lipped on Hockey meetings

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2014
... morning reported that Joe Hockey is offering meetings with himself in return for political donations through the North Sydney Forum. Members of this forum include NAB and the FSC. The FSC would not respond directly to the question of whether it was appropriate ...

IOSCO recommends improved disclosure for direct products

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2014
The growth of directly distributed financial products has pushed a Joint Forum of the International Organisation of Securities Organisations (IOSCO) to call for improved global regulation and disclosure standards for products sold this way. In Australia ...

We did a "pretty good job" in CBA planning case: ASIC

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2014
... Financial Planning (CFP) case that prompted a Senate inquiry into the overall performance of the regulator. Speaking at the ASIC Forum in Sydney, Tanzer said that "the inquiry came out of dissatisfaction in a particular case of financial planning issues ...

ATO initiative raises $640 million from wealthy Australians

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2014
The Australian Taxation Office (ATO)'s voluntary compliance initiative has exceeded expectations, raising $640 million from wealthy Australians since it was launched four years ago. Following the success of the scheme the ATO announced it has received ...

Industry pushes for more consumer protection under FoFA

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2014
... stakeholders, seniors and consumer organisations have launched against the proposed changes. Speaking at yesterday's ASIC forum in Sydney, Silk said that there has been "a surprisingly strong campaign against some elements of the proposed rollback that ...

Silk questions value of financial services intermediaries

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2014
... session on "the over-intermediation of financial services" at the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) forum in Sydney. Quoting Rainmaker data, Silk argued that the superannuation industry grew by just over 20% in 2012, while cost ...