FPA welcomes registrations to 2014 Professionals Congress

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The FPA yesterday announced the first in the line-up of speakers to appear at the 2014 Professionals Congress this November at the Adelaide Convention Centre. Carl Richards CFP® will return... Read more continue reading

SME association chairman presents survey results to Federal Minister for Small Business

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SME Association of Australia (SMEA) Chairman Craig West met with the Federal Minister for Small Business the Hon Bruce Billson MP at Parliament House Canberra last week to provide him... Read more continue reading

Kerry Angel from UBS Joins Bloomberg Indexes, Australia and New Zealand

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Kerry Angel, former UBS Indices Analyst managing the suite of UBS Australia Bond indices, has joined Bloomberg Indexes to head up the Bloomberg AusBond Indexes business based in Sydney. In... Read more continue reading

Biggest fall in home prices in over 5 years

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Home prices; Inflation gauge; Manufacturing gauge Home prices drop: The RP Data – Rismark Home Value Index of capital city home prices fell by 1.9 per cent in May – the... Read more continue reading

Weekly market & economic update – week ending 30 May, 2014

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week Share markets mostly rose over the past week helped by relief at the conclusion of the European and Ukrainian elections, mostly... Read more continue reading

Lending lifts; Deposits record biggest fall in 11yrs

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Private sector credit Private sector credit (lending) rose by 0.5 per cent in April after a 0.4 per cent lift in March. Annual credit growth rose from 4.4 to 4.5 per... Read more continue reading

ATO warning highlights need for specialist auditors

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The importance of the SMSF Professionals’ Association of Australia (SPAA) SMSF Specialist Auditor (SSAud) program has been highlighted by the warning by the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) that it will... Read more continue reading

FPA welcomes regulatory support of its ten point plan

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The Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) has welcomed ASIC’s backing of its 10-point plan, saying it hopes that government policy will follow suit and reflect support. Mark Rantall, FPA... Read more continue reading

Launch of 2014 AFA Female Excellence in Advice Award

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The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) and leading life insurer TAL have jointly launched and opened nominations for the 2014 Female Excellence in Advice Award (the Award) at the AFA... Read more continue reading

Residential construction (finally) takes off

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Construction Work Done – QI 2014 The volume of construction work done rose by 0.3% in QI.  It is 2.6% higher through the year. Residential construction surged by 6.8% while... Read more continue reading