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Power sell off approved by NSW govt

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2014
... approved by cabinet after Liberal and Nationals party room meetings today. NSW currently has four state-owned energy corporations that distribute electricity across the state - TransGrid, Essential Energy, Ausgrid and Endeavour Energy.

Everything but the kitchen sink

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2014
... that, in turn, could prove growth in net lending - new loans minus redemptions -- to household and non-financial corporations. "Targetted" because it excludes "loans to households for house purchase". More give. Suspension of bond market sterilisation. ...

FPA reveals 10 point plan to improve advice

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2014
... position in several policy matters regarding financial advice, including enshrining the term financial planner in the Corporations Act. The organisation proposes that the law requires any adviser to be a member of a professional body, that they hold ...

YBR acquires mortgage aggregator for $17.6 million

ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 19 MAY 2014
... shareholders will be called by mid July 2014 to consider resolutions required under the ASX Listing Rules and the Corporations Act. Completion of the Vow acquisition by YBR is expected to be on 31 July 2014.

CBA, CSSA promote FoFA legal loophole

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 19 MAY 2014
... Corporate Super Specialist Alliance (CSSA), would get around current bans on conflicted remuneration by amending the Corporations Act so that businesses are considered wholesale rather than retail clients. Wholesale clients are not covered by the FoFA ...

CBA wants Senate to fix corporate super advice

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2014
... the bank continued. CBA said that the issue could be addressed by modifying the application of section 761G of the Corporations Act 2001, so employers would be treated as wholesale clients for the purposes only of conflicted remuneration. Then, "the ...

Westpac weighs in on FoFA debate

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2014
... to the best interests' duty will water down the obligation and reduce consumer protection." The inquiry into the Corporations Amendment (Streamlining of FoFA) Bill 2014 will present its final report to the Senate on June 16. Read all Financial Standard ...

Stakeholders stage FoFA confrontation in Senate submissions

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2014
... re-introduction of commissions for financial product advice on superannuation and investment products." The inquiry into the Corporations Amendment (Streamlining of FoFA) Bill 2014 will present its final report to the Senate on June 16. Read all Financial ...

SMSFs want access to infrastructure and corporate bonds

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2014
... corporate bonds, it said: "A deeper corporate bond market, with access for smaller investors, would allow Australian corporations access to Australian capital, reducing dependence on overseas debt funding. Allowing superannuation to provide more debt ...

Lawyer exposes ASIC favours to big players

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2014
... superannuation calculators. "Starting in 2004 IFSA aggressively lobbied ASIC to issue a class order that would amend the Corporations Act so IFSA's members could offer online calculators that would not comply with the act's reasonable basis for advice ...