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CGT relief passes House of Reps

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2012
Capital gains tax relief has been welcomed by the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST), after the Bill passed through the House of Representatives yesterday. The Bill extends the relief on capital loss rollovers to 1 July 2017 to coincide ...

ASIC consults on code approval under FOFA

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2012
ASIC has released its consultation paper on its approach to code approval and relief powers under the Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) regulations, outlining plans to take a facilitative approach to the implementation of the reforms. Australia's corporate ...

Urbanisation fuelling resource demand

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2012
Despite concerns over China's slowdown, urbanisation both there and around the world will continue to fuel demand for Australian commodities, said one of Asia's largest asset managers. Recent research suggests that that another 3 billion people will ...

Most funds to offer default IP for MySuper

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2012
More than half of Australian superannuation funds will offer default income protection in their MySuper offers, according to a survey released at the recent AIA Australia Group Insurance Summit held in Sydney. Thirty-two executives from 26 retail and ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2012
The Australian market looks set to open lower after Wall Street fell with blue-chip stocks Boeing and Hewlett-Packard helping give the market its worst day so far this month. At 0809 AEST on Friday, the September share price index futures contract was ...

Vision Super issues shortfall liability notices

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2012
Local Victorian councils have received notification of the individual liabilities they face to cover the $400 million shortfall on a Vision Super defined benefit scheme. Each local authority's liability is determined on the number of active members ...

ASIC cancel Morrison Carr AFSL

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 31 JUL 2012
Australian Securities & Investments Commission has cancelled the Australian financial services and credit license of Morrison Carr Financial Services following a surveillance of the national planning business The sole director of Morrison Carr Financial ...

UniSuper wins contact centre award

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2012
UniSuper has been named winner of the ATA Victorian Contact Centre of the Year award. Last month, three representatives from Australia's peak national body for the contact centre industry spent time with UniSuper's contact centre consultants to judge ...

Count counts more advisers

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2012
Count Financial added nine practices and 24 new Authorised Representatives in June. Count has attributed the growth to a recent restructure that saw the appointment of Judy Clark as senior executive for practice development in April and an increase ...

Indonesia woos infra investment

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2012
Indonesia is currently hosting a world-first Global Airports conference to bring together experts on airports and development in infrastructure as part of a broader plan to ensure the country's economic growth is properly supported. The World Bank has ...