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Keep it short and simple: ASIC

Financial services regulator ASIC has made changes to the Corporations Act that will allow providers of general financial product advice to provide shorter, simpler general advice warning when they give oral general advice. 'By focussing on the core ...

Austcorp hybrid to fund pipeline projects

Property manager, Austcorp Property Group plans to raise $50 million through the issue of a new hybrid security called Austcorp TOWERS, which will help fund big pipeline developments. The fund aims to raise up to $50 million through an initial public ...

New EFTPOS puts bank in spotlight: First Data

First Data International has launched an integrated EFTPOS system that will likely prove popular to consumers and raise the standard for the kind of EFTPOS facilities that should be available in banks. The new system has a so-called 'Dynamic Currency ...

Strategic Finance rated B1: Rapid Ratings

Strategic Finance Limited (SFL) has received a B1 credit rating by international corporate ratings agency, Rapid Ratings. The investment grade rating indicates the company is operating at between 75 - 80 per cent of its potential. Rapid Ratings adds ...

Vision and CARE merger 'talks' to tackle fund differences

Vision and CARE super have confirmed they are in merger talks, and while they concede that they are very different funds, senior management says 'if it's good for members, it's good for us.' CARE's Chairman, Barry Watchorn, said the main instigation ...

Rei Super gains APRA licence

Rei Super has been awarded its Registrable Superannuation Entity (RSE) licence by APRA, seven months ahead of the July 2006 deadline. "The fund is committed to growing and prospering in the future so we wanted this project out of the way this calendar ...

Tax page cull the first step: BCA

The Business Council of Australia (BCA) has given the Federal Government a thumbs-up for its decision to slash the number of income tax pages by more than 2,000, but said there is room for more tax reforms. "In one sweep, the number of income tax pages ...

Use budget surplus to cut super tax: TasPlan

Tasmanian super fund heavyweight TasPlan says the expected huge federal budget surplus should be used to cut unpopular super taxes. Neil Cassidy, TasPlan General Manager, said he believes that even reducing the 15 per cent contributions tax would make ...

ASIC to cut AFS licence paperwork

ASIC has announced it will introduce changes to its Australian financial services licence (AFSL) application processes that will cut the paperwork needed by more than 50 per cent. Malcolm Rodgers, executive director in Regulation said ASIC has reduced ...

Income Tax Law to be cut by nearly 30 per cent

... reduction is expected to be ready for release early next year. Since the Howard government was elected in 1996 on a platform of 'red-tape' reform, this announcement is a long time in coming, especially as the GST legislation had the unintended result ...