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Financial planning

The world’s largest active fixed interest manager, US-based PIMCO, says there is a unique opportunity for fixed interest investors in the middle range of credit qual-ity ...

Policy & Regulation

When it comes to business tax reform most of the headlines have been about capital gains tax (CGT) reform, accelerated depreciation and the lower corporate tax proposal....

Funds management

Friendly society funeral, education and income bonds have been granted a short reprieve from being taxed, and the industry is continuing to fight for tax-exemption....

Financial planning

Former US Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin is to join the world's largest financial services group, Citigroup, as a board member and chair of its executive committee....

Funds management

Friendly societies and funeral directors have joined forces to try and overturn the Treasury ruling taxing funeral and education bonds....

Life/Risk

Financial services groups are reeling under the strain of a massive upheaval of their businesses once the implications of the GST and the upcoming Ralph Report hit home. ...

Financial planning

The series of changes circulating through the finance industry has be-come daunting. The implications of GST and the upcoming Ralph Re-port loom large for all concerned b...

Financial planning

Australia's drive to become a global financial services centre has received sev-eral boosts in the past few weeks. Firstly, the Federal government announced in the budget...

Financial planning

Name: Ralph Wilson...

Financial planning

Up to 5000 existing DIY funds may have to change their structure if they continue with a single trustee who is also the fund’s single member....

Financial planning

Name: Ralph Wilson...

Financial planning

Nearly two years after the Wallis Inquiry, the long awaited reforms to the regulation of the nation’s financial markets are at last on the home stretch, with the release ...

Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association is developing a concerted campaign to put retirement income issues on the Federal Government's agenda. Here, Michael McKenna puts the c...

Financial planning

BT Funds Management’s technical team dives into the Ralph Committee Report to review the potential implications for financial advisers and their clients. By Brian Bissake...

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Interesting. Would be good to know the details of the StrategyOne deal....

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