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Former NAB adviser gets 8 years

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2006
A former National Australia Bank (NAB) financial planner has been jailed for eight years for dishonesty and fraud relating to nearly $6 million of misappropriated funds. Following an Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) investigation ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 3 NOV 2006
The recent uplift in consumer sentiment as measured by the Westpac survey has not been transferred into much buoyancy in retail sales, as indicated by the ABS monthly release of the data yesterday. Retail sales grew by just 0.1 per cent in seasonally ...

Corporate tax needs to be more competitive: KPMG

A KPMG study of corporate tax rates in 86 countries found that those with the most attractive corporate tax enjoyed higher than average economic growth, and suggested there's room for Australia's tax rates to be more attractive to offshore investors. ...

Macq Wrap to roll-out STP for FP software providers

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2006
Macquarie Adviser Services has announced its intention to roll-out straight-through processing (STP) capabilities between Macquarie Wrap and leading financial planning software products XPLAN, VisiPlan and its own Coin Software. The developments should ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 31 OCT 2006
The first nationwide natural resource management survey by the ABS has revealed the economic cost of ensuring the upkeep of the nation's natural resources that are used for agriculture. During the period 2004-05 farmers spent about $3.3 billion on natural ...

It's a wrap for UK pensions: Zurich

Zurich Financial Services Australia has announced that its wrap services are all stamped as 'Qualifying Recognised Overseas Pension Schemes' (QROPS) which will allow UK migrants to transfer their funds to Australia without heavy tax penalties. In April ...

Daily economic round-up

ALFRED SINN  |  THURSDAY, 26 OCT 2006
The International Monetary Fund has revised up its growth forecasts for the Australian economy to 3 per cent in 2006 and 3.5 per cent in 2007 and has warned that the commodity price boom is likely to put upward pressure on inflation and therefore interest ...

Fix debt ahead of rate rise: ANZFP

With the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) likely to increase interest rates next month and possibly in March after the latest inflation figures were released, ANZ Financial Planning's general manager, Mike Goodall, has urged consumers to re-evaluate ...

Henry Financial Group joins Genesys

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 OCT 2006
Financial Planning Association (FPA) director Leonie Henry's advice business, the Henry Financial Group, has joined the Genesys Wealth Advisers network. Brisbane based Henry Financial Group has been in business for 20 years but Leonie Henry said moving ...

Charles River and Yieldbroker integrate platforms

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2006
Charles River Development and Yieldbroker have announced a link between their respective systems that will allow Charles River clients to execute trades through the Yieldbroker's DEBTS trading platform. The deal will provide institutional portfolio ...