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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2014
... Ukraine was so far limited but investors will continue to pay attention to them next week," said Hikaru Sato, senior technical analyst at Daiwa Securities. wellington WELLINGTON - New Zealand shares have gained, led by Metlifecare after the retirement ...

CBA, CSSA promote FoFA legal loophole

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 19 MAY 2014
... duty, and conflicted remuneration would be allowed. The practices would therefore be identical, but due to a change in technical definition, they would be legal. When Financial Standard spoke to Latto in February, he said he was "much more than 50% confident" ...

Budget reply speech 2014 -15: Bill Shorten

SMSF flexibility makes them error prone

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2014
... is one of the reasons these funds are vulnerable to compliance problems. Speaking at this week's Financial Services Technical Services forum, AMP SMSF Administration head of technical servicesA A Philip LaGreca said that the main culprit was the complexity ...

SPAA applauds tax changes to excess contributions

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2014
... non-concessional contributions is likely to result in complex compliance requirements." MLC also welcomed the changes, head of technical and development Keiran McIlwain saying: "This is good news for many people, particularly Australia's 5.5 million ...

Delay in SG rise 'disappointing', says industry

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2014
... (SMSF) sector, the SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) also expressed disappointed, with senior manager, technical & policy Jordan George saying: "This is important to ensure confidence in the superannuation system.A However, SPAA is ...

AMP gives SMSFs access to property and corporate bonds

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2014
... will offer content specifically targeted to SMSF investors, including live market insights, industry commentary and technical support.

Viable SMSF size underestimated

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2014
... The same is true of large superannuation funds" said SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) director of technical and professional standards Graeme Colley. "In general, the ATO data tells us that SMSFs tend to have similar returns to APRA-regulated ...

Legg Mason hires sales director from JPM

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2014
... Legg Mason Australia head of sales Beau Titchkosky said. "In building out our team we have looked for a strong blend of technical knowledge and relationship skills that can help us provide an edge in the way we service the Australian and New Zealand ...

SPAA and Macquarie to investigate SMSFs

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2014
... stockbrokers. The findings of the survey will be shared through a comprehensive report to be launched at the SPAA State Technical Conferences in July. It is aimed at providing at identifying A the diverse range of business models in the sector and will ...