ATO appointment sends right signals to SMSF sector 

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The SMSF Association welcomes the appointment of KPMG Partner Dana Fleming to the role of Australian Taxation Office (ATO) Assistant Commissioner, SMSFs. Fleming, who joined KPMG in 1992 and became Partner... Read more continue reading

Global macro economic commentary on the week ahead from Insight Investment

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Summary Next week attention will remain on the possibility of trade frictions while Italian elections, the Chinese National People’s Congress and US labour market data will also be closely watched.... Read more continue reading

ANZ launches ‘Pathways to Better’ campaign

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ANZ has launched Pathways to Better, a campaign to showcase the sustained activity across its insurance, superannuation and advice business and the enduring strength of service and culture behind the OnePath... Read more continue reading

Weekly market update – week ending 2 March, 2018

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week Share markets turned back down over the last week as inflation and Fed fears continued to ramp up on the back... Read more continue reading

Link Group’s Fund Administration division signs contract with Queensland’s Intrust Super

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Link Group’s Fund Administration division, part of Link Administration Holdings Ltd (ASX: LNK), today announced it has signed a new five-year contract with Queensland-based Intrust Super that will provide Intrust’s... Read more continue reading

Proposed US steel tariffs drive shares lower

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Economic and Financial Market developments US tariffs: The US dollar slumped and sharemarkets fell in response to news on proposed tariffs. What happened? US President Donald Trump has indicated that... Read more continue reading

Barry.Nilsson. bolsters national financial lines expertise with new Melbourne hire

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 Top tier insurance and health law firm Barry.Nilsson. is continuing to expand its national expertise with the appointment of highly regarded financial lines specialist, Radhika Mendis. Ms Mendis joins the... Read more continue reading

SMSFs ‘unfairly targeted’ over property investment

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Self-managed super funds (SMSFs) investing in residential housing have not been a “market mover” in this property sector, says SMSF Association CEO John Maroney. “When the Sydney and Melbourne property... Read more continue reading

First annual fall in Sydney home price in 5½ years

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Home prices; Manufacturing Home prices: The CoreLogic Home Value Index of capital city home prices fell by 0.3 per cent in February to stand 2.0 per cent higher over the year.... Read more continue reading

Increasing investment, strong exit markets, attractive returns and hot fund-raising activity made 2017 a good year for private equity

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The global private equity (PE) industry posted another solid year in 2017, as buyout value and exits both showed healthy gains. Firms closed out the strongest five-year stretch for fund-raising... Read more continue reading