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Budget cuts force ASIC to axe surveillance

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2014
The cuts to the funding of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) have forced the regulator to axe proactive surveillance in a number of areas. ASIC chairman Greg Medcraft told the Senate Economics Committee during a budget estimates ...

ASIC budget cuts send the wrong message: Greens

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2014
Cuts to the funding of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) send the wrong message to would-be criminals, Greens Senator Peter Whish-Wilson said. Whish-Wilson spoke after ASIC chairman Greg Medcraft said that ASIC will have to ...

Australian investors prepare for market sell-off

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2014
Australian equity investors are positioning themselves for a pullback in the market, trading volumes in BetaShares exchange traded products (ETPs) show. According to BetaShares' data, the average daily value traded of the BetaShares Australian Equities ...

Bring on compulsory annuities, says Deloitte partner

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2014
The government should introduce compulsory deferred lifetime annuities as a way of insuring against longevity risk, Deloitte's lead superannuation advisory partner Russell Mason has said. Speaking about the future of superannuation at Russell Investments' ...

Raise preservation age with some exceptions: FSC

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2014
The Financial Services Council (FSC) is pushing for an increase in the preservation age to 65, but with early access measures for those who are unable to work to that age. The FSC said that, with the Age Pension eligibility age set to rise to 70 by ...

Super advocates urge caution on age access

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2014
Superannuation advocates have urged the federal government not to rush any changes to the age at which people can access their retirement savings. Treasurer Joe Hockey has hinted the government could change the age at which people could access their ...

Treasurer signals major superannuation shake up

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2014
Treasurer Joe Hockey has given the strongest signal yet that the government will be introducing sweeping reforms to bring superannuation into sync with age pension reforms that were announced in last week's budget. The Treasurer was speaking last night ...

OMFG! Australia could lose an A

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2014
We're in trouble now Virginia... you, I and Irene! That credit ratings agency - Standard & Poor's has waded in into the Federal Budget and put us, Australians all, on notice. Just read S&P's sovereign analyst Craig Michael's lips: "If it looked as though ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2014
The Australian share market is set to rise after a boost to tech stocks lifted Wall Street. At 0651 AEST on Tuesday, the March share price index futures contract was up 19 points at 5,436. In local economic news on Tuesday, the minutes of Reserve Bank ...

Latest Financial Standard issue available on the iPad app

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 19 MAY 2014
In the latest edition of Financial Standard we put the new wave of unconstrained fixed income funds under the microscope. We also look at the 2014/15 budget means for the wealth management industry and profile netwealth head of advice Simon Micallef. ...