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Co-contrib changes need advice strategy update

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 19 MAR 2012
IOOF has cautioned advisers to prepare for the proposed reduction of the co-contribution matching rate from July 1, potentially impacting on a popular strategy for low income clients. Currently low income earners can co-contribute $1,000 into their ...

Breach in contrib caps should not be taken for revenue: CPA

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2012
Speaking at the House of Representatives Committee on Economics inquiry today, Michael Davison, superannuation policy adviser, CPA, warned against using a "sledgehammer for a walnut" by overcomplicating the law for a very small number who purposefully ...

Better days are getting happier

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2012
They just keep on coming. One after another, they're rolling in. Exactamondo Virginia! More upside surprises came out of Uncle Sam's country last night. Better days are getting happier. Happy days are getting better. Wall Street is happy and it knows ...

Flawed assumptions pushing RRR too high

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2012
Superannuation advocates' claims that SG contribution rates need to keep rising to fund retirement income replacement ratios of up to 70% might be based on flawed assumptions. Debate among financial planners in the US on retirement income replacement ...

Gold Coast adviser faces criminal charges

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2012
A banned Gold Coast adviser is now facing criminal charges, accused of providing advice without reasonable basis and making false and misleading statements. Ian John Weaver appeared in court this week charged with 12 counts of failing to have a reasonable ...

ETP growth attracts IOSCO concerns

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2012
Rapid growth in Exchange Traded Products and growing concern about new synthetic variants has prompted international financial regulators to issue a discussion paper on whether and how the sector should be regulated. Exchange Traded Products (ETP) include ...

When optimism rains, it pours

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2012
It really does pour when it rains. I'm talking about the pouring of positive economic and survey stats primarily out of America in recent months and the optimism it engenders in investors everywhere and the virtuous cycle that this optimism has started ...

BetaShares launches High Interest cash ETF

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 12 MAR 2012
BetaShares has launched the first in a range of cash exchange traded funds due on the Australian Securities Exchange in the coming weeks. The Australian High Interest Cash exchange traded fund (ETF) will hold Australian dollars in bank deposit accounts ...

Schroders board shake-up

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 12 MAR 2012
Global asset manager Schroders has made a number of board changes and announced that its chief investment officer will stand down after seven years. Chair Michael Miles will leave after the company's Annual General Meeting (AGM) in May to be replaced ...

Good bacteria

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 MAR 2012
Events of the past week show that what happens in Greece does not stay in Greece, with financial markets zigging on reports that its debt swap deal is in doubt and zagging when it ultimately went through - at the 11th hour as it has always been with ...