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Industry gives new AML/CTF Bill the nod

KATE HAGE  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUL 2006
... come after six to 12 months of consultation between government and the banking and financial services industries to cut back red tape. Acting chief executive of the Australian Bankers' Association, Ian Gilbert, said the changes still meet the government's ...

Van Eyk appoints AQR, drops Perpetual and Cap Intl

Research and investment group van Eyk has re-jigged its Blueprint International Shares Fund, reducing its stake in Perpetual and Capital International to make way for US-based AQR Capital Management. AQR Capital is distributed locally by BT Fund Management. ...

Super changes to cripple self-employed in retirement

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUL 2006
The self-employed and business owners between 40 and 50 years of age have had their retirement plans hobbled by the Federal Government's proposed changes to super, according to Partners Superannuation Services. Director of Partners Superannuation Services ...

Govt supervisory levy revenue to jump 3 per cent

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUL 2006
The government has announced the new supervisory levy rates that will apply to entities that wish to operate under APRA and ASIC jurisdiction. The rates will be similar to those that applied last year, said Minister for Revenue and Assistant Treasurer ...

Another Elm associate banned by ASIC

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUL 2006
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has banned a financial adviser associated with the failed Elm Financial Services group for three years for his part in convincing a couple to invest $1 million in a failed product. Sydney adviser ...

Westpac warned for misleading advertising

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUL 2006
Westpac Banking Corporation has been rapped over the knuckles and will review its advertising after the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) deemed an advertising campaign misleading. The problem centres around an advertising campaign ...

Make higher contributions compulsory: Finsia

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUL 2006
The Financial Services Institute of Australasia (Finsia) has today convened a seminar to present proposals as to why employees should be forced to contribute 3 per cent of their gross salaries into super. "The key questions we must ask ourselves are ...

Banks burdened by regulatory overkill

... government's regulatory requirements placed a mounting time and cost burden on them. They also said that efforts to cut the red tape are yet to have a noticeable effect. "The financial sector is throwing down a challenge to the regulators as to whether ...

CIOs lacking in IQ: Deloitte

The explosion of data and reporting requirements have prompted over two-thirds of large companies in Australia and NZ to hike up their IT spend and improve their company's 'information quality' or IQ, according to a Deloitte research. In a survey exploring ...

Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUN 2006
The US equity and bond markets are reading from different pages but the result is the same - they both went down overnight. US bond yields rose last night reacting to reports suggesting rising inflationary pressure and therefore, more Fed interest rate ...