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Big four prepared for APRA capital adequacy changes

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2015
Australia's big four banks have commented on APRA's announcement that it would increase capital adequacy requirements for residential mortgage exposures. APRA's change means that the risk weight on residential mortgage exposures for Australian deposit-taking ...

Findex life insurance goes commission-free

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2015
Findex's Centric Wealth and Financial Index Wealth Accountants divisions will now only recommend commission-free life insurance policies. As per the recommendations provided by the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA), Financial Planning Association ...

ANALYSIS: The dragon in the room

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2015
Foreign investors can access China through an increasing number of channels. A-shares, H-shares and government bonds are the talk of the town in the world's buzziest financial districts. But there are still risks when investing in such a complex and ...

American IRAs not super funds

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2015
A recent decision by the Australian Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) ruled that an American Individual Retirement Account (IRA) is not a superannuation fund for Australian Tax Purposes. In the case of Baker and Commissioner of Taxation, tribunal ...

A$ down but would it stay down?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2015
Here we go, here we go, here we go... The dollar-A is back in the news again. For it's fallen below US74Ac at the close of trading last week and early morning exchanging shows the dollar-A is currently holding that level at US US73.71Ac Can't help but ...

Executive appointment round-up

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2015
The biggest industry moves this week are Cbus' appointment of an executive manager of employer experience and a new senior consultant at Towers Watson. Cbus appoints new executive manager - Jarrod Coysh, who was most recently with Westpac, joins the ...

Nikko AM appoints head of private wealth

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2015
Nikko Asset Management Australia has appointed a head of private wealth to oversee the firm's relationships with independent financial advisers. Naomi Finnigan joins Nikko AM from Mason Stevens, where she was director of distribution and adviser services. ...

Towers Watson hires senior consultant

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2015
Towers Watson has appointed a senior consultant to be based in the company's Sydney office. Aongus O'Gorman took up the role on 13 July and specialises in liquid diversifying strategies. O'Gorman was previously managing director of Round Tower Solutions ...

Consensus emerging on Tax White Paper

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2015
Federal Treasurer Joe Hockey has reminded a business forum that the Tax White Paper is about how the government collects tax, not how much. Hockey told the PwC Tax Reform Forum in Melbourne yesterday that more than 800 submissions on the Tax White Paper ...

Prime Value launches fund for SIVs, SMSFs

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2015
Prime Value Asset Management has launched a fund that targets self-managed super funds (SMSFs) and foreign investors under the Significant Investor Visa (SIV) scheme. The Prime Value Cash Plus Fund invests in a diversified portfolio of income-producing ...