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Baird proposes tax changes for NSW infrastructure

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2013
New South Wales Treasurer Mike Baird has proposed a new taxation practice that would direct company tax revenue on infrastructure back to state governments. The proposal is part of the NSW Government's policy of harnessing superannuation and other institutional ...

ASIC concedes Trio ringleader investigation

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2013
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has been forced to concede defeat in its pursuit of the alleged ringleader of the Trio/Asterra collapse. ASIC had previously acknowledged that bringing a strong enough case against Jack Flader ...

netwealth Advice names head of operations

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 29 OCT 2013
netwealth Advice Group has appointed a new head of operations in the shape of former licensee relationship manager at Premium Wealth Management, Roz Kaye. Kaye will oversee the operations of netwealth Advice Group and its three business lines, Pathway ...

HOSTPLUS targets SMSFs with direct infra option

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2013
Industry super fund HOSTPLUS has said it will introduce a direct infrastructure investment option aimed at attracting investment from self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs). HOSTPLUS chief executive David Elia said the infrastructure investment option ...

Advice main concern in FOS investment disputes

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2013
Financial advice keeps being the main concern for consumers who lodge investment-related claims to the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS). The FOS 2012-13 annual review found an 11% reduction of all disputes. In total, the FOS received 32,307 disputes ...

Advisers, get ready to manage the baby boomer wave

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2013
Advisers' next great challenge will be managing the volume and the expectations of baby boomers coming into retirement, KPMG partner and demographer Bernard Salt said. Speaking at the Financial Planning Association (FPA) Conference, Salt said that the ...

Demand for industrial property exceeds expectations

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2013
Investors' appetite for industrial property, especially from the self-managed super segment, is ahead of expectations, inflows into one property fund manager's specialist product indicate. Charter Hall has announced that it has closed its Direct Industrial ...

Aust portfolio disclosure reforms toughest in world

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2013

SIFMA talks up Wall Street cyber defences

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2013
The US Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) has released its assessment report of their Wall Street cyber attack simulation and while it confirms their protocols performed adequately, it was the soft attack weapons that were ...

TAL increases focus on direct insurance with buyout

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 22 OCT 2013
TAL has made further steps towards the direct insurance market after acquiring the remaining 90% shares that it didn't already own of online life insurance comparator Lifebroker business. Lifebroker provides consumers choice and comparison of life insurance ...