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Greece what?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2013
... news. No one seems to be worried about Greece these days - or not since September last year when Super Mario unveiled his secret weapon - the OMTs. Except for the Greeks, that is. They're still begging for bailout. Earlier this week, the troika - EU ...

US delays tax avoidance law by 6 months

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2013
The US Treasury Department has postponed a new law designed to crack down on offshore tax avoidance by US citizens by six months. The Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FACTA) requires foreign banks, insurance companies and asset managers to report ...

Allianz appoints COO

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2013
Allianz Australia has appointed a new chief operating officer and a new chief general manager of Workers Compensation, both effective in September. Current Allianz chief general manager of Workers Compensation David Krawitz will take over the role of ...

FSC Conference kicks off July 31

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2013
The Financial Services Council (FSC) will be holding its annual conference at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre from July 31 - August 2. Shadow Minister for Superannuation and Financial Services Mathias Cormann and FSC chief executive John ...

Coalition pledges support for super laws amendments bill

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2013
The Coalition has said it will support the federal government's Superannuation Laws Amendment Bill, granting tax relief to superannuation funds which do not acquire a MySuper licence. Under MySuper regulations, funds which do not offer a MySuper product ...

Boardroom cloud tech eases organisational burden

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUN 2013
The Affiliation of Superannuation Practitioners (ASP), an alliance of ten funds and administrators, has adopted a new technology to simplify distribution of essential documents for board members. The cloud-based iqBoard app, produced by IQ Group, allows ...

The sky is falling downunder

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2013
Are we there yet? Have we reached the "others are fearful" point, where good ol' Warren Buffett advises us to buy? It's very much looking that way for Australia. The scaremongers are coming out one-by-one scaremongering the bejeesus out of every bloke ...

Gold as an "insurance" against inflation: Lazard

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2013
Gold can be a good "insurance policy" against inflation as global central banks are following a policy of quantitative easing (QE) that could devalue the money, according to Lazard. Lazard portfolio manager of Global Thematic Equity Nicholas Bratt expressed ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAY 2013
The Australian market looks set to open higher despite Wall Street falling slightly ahead of Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's testimony on the economic outlook to Congress. At 0635 AEST on Tuesday, the June share price index futures contract ...

APX given green light

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 30 APR 2013
The Government has approved variations to the Asia Pacific Exchange Limited (APX) market licence, integrity and operating rules and compensation arrangements, Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation, Bill Shorten and the Parliamentary Secretary ...