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SMSF trustees warned on non-compliant crypto

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAR 2018
... The crypto may still be documented by the trustee as an asset within the fund, but presents a challenge to auditors as it isn't held under the name of the fund. "It's using money from the SMSF to buy the assets in the name of an individual person when ...

FPA optimistic CFP will get FASEA tick

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 23 FEB 2018
... FPEC. Of the ten components that FPEC has determined make up an approved financial planning degree, there's only one area that isn't covered within the CFP," Kendall said. "For us, it is inconceivable that this wouldn't be an approved bridging course ...

Chief economist update: Inflation isn't such a lonely word

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2018
Wall Street recovered just as quickly as it corrected - selling and then buying on rising inflation expectations. The S&P 500 index closed 4.3% up at the close of the trading week ending 16 February, partly reversing the previous week's 5.2% loss but ...

Chief economist update: The yen's on the up and up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 FEB 2018
... Minister Taro Aso's statement that: "From our perspective, the current situation doesn't warrant special intervention. The yen isn't rising or falling abruptly". That might be the case last year, when the yen appreciated by just 3.1% versus the US dollar. ...

Crypto hype drives new partnership

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 15 FEB 2018
... currencies, saying the administrator has been inundated with inquiries from trustees. "Our role as SMSF compliance specialists isn't to give advice to self-directed investors on whether this is the right investment option for their fund, but to ensure ...

LIF reforms to drive specialised advice industry

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 FEB 2018
... Insurance forming joint venture partnerships with Pitcher Partners, Honan Insurance Group and HLB Mann Judd. He said this model isn't limited to national professional networks and can (and has) been employed by smaller practices engaging with accounting ...

Chief economist update: RBA sees wages growth recovering but it's not guaranteed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 FEB 2018
... "outside of retail" which, according to NAB chief economist Alan Oster, "points to continued softness in consumer activity." This isn't such a beautiful piece of prognosis for consumer spending account for around 60% of the Australian economy. The NAB ...

Scared of inflation? Try deflation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 FEB 2018
... dynamics haven't change between the start of the year and Wall Street's wailing in February. Inflation direction may have, but isn't this what central banks have been trying to achieve with their abnormal monetary policies for many, many, many years ...

Chief economist update: RBA stuck in slow inflation lane

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 FEB 2018
... Securities (TIPS) - have moved 28 bps higher to 2.11% from the nearest low of 1.83% recorded in November last year. Still, this isn't a sure bet. Expectations change, worse they could display the same rise and fall seen in 2016 - when inflation expectations ...

Chief economist update: The spook on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JAN 2018
... risen before in mid-2015 and 2016 and early 2017, only to head back down again. But even if it continues to rise this time, isn't this what the Fed wants? If at all, the bond market is just front-running the Fed's forward guidance of three rate hikes ...