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05/29/2017
Accountants left out as ATO settles tech outage compensation with HPE - The Australian Financial Review
The Australian Financial Review
The Australian Financial Review
Commissioner of Taxation Chris Jordan says the ATO has reached a settlement with HPE. Andrew Meares. by; Paul Smith · Joanna Mather · Edmund Tadros. Accountants have been left out in the cold after the Australian Taxation Office negotiated a ...
Tax commissioner Chris Jordan launches ATO review following fraud case
No system is infallible: ATO boss on tax fraud
Twelve Australian Tax Office officials sacked over access to private info, tax boss reveals
05/29/2017
Sydney and Melbourne property prices slip in May - The Sydney Morning Herald
The Sydney Morning Herald
The Sydney Morning Herald
There are further signs of heat coming out of the east coast housing market, with Sydney and Melbourne leading a 1.1 per cent fall in property prices across Australia's five largest cities this month. Play Video. Replay Video. Play Video Don't Play ...
Sydney, Melbourne dwelling values dip: CoreLogic
It's official: House prices are now falling across Sydney and Melbourne
Wiggles couple put Sydney apartment on the market
05/29/2017
Scott Morrison locks $6.2 billion bank levy rate into law - The Sydney Morning Herald
The Sydney Morning Herald
The Sydney Morning Herald
Treasurer Scott Morrison has written into law the rate that Australia's big five banks will be charged under the $6.2 billion major banks' levy. Play Video. Replay Video. Play Video Don't Play. Up Next. Nine charged over $165m ATO fraud. Play Video Don ...
Turnbull government introduces banks levy bill to parliament
Treasurer pushes for tougher bank exec rules
Treasury delays first bank levy payment
05/29/2017
Altair boss tells: Why I moved to cash - The Australian
The Australian
The Australian
Philip Parker â the chairman and chief investment officer of Sydney-based Altair Asset Management explains in his own words why he has decided to sell all shares in Altair's trusts and hand back cash to investors as well as hand back the mandates for ...
Cash holdings surge as asset managers quietly prepare for downturn
Top fund manager to hand cash back to investors
Australian fund manager returns money to clients, sees upcoming 'calamity'
05/29/2017
Turnbull government to allow green bank to fund clean coal - The Sydney Morning Herald
The Sydney Morning Herald
The Sydney Morning Herald
The Turnbull government will test support for coal in Parliament by introducing changes that would allow the green bank to invest in carbon capture and storage technology if it cuts pollution by at least half. Play Video. Replay Video. Play Video Don't ...
Green bank may fund carbon storage
Federal Government could finance coal-fired power stations with clean energy funding
Coalition votes to allow Clean Energy Finance Corporation to invest in carbon capture
05/29/2017
Currency hedging can reduce investment risk - The Australian Financial Review
The Australian Financial Review
The Australian Financial Review
The broad US equity market clocked a return of 5.79 per cent, denominated in US dollars, in the first quarter of this year but due to a rally in the Australian dollar, the return denominated in local currency terms would have been 0.41 per cent. MIKE ...
Australia getting left behind as dollar, shares lag
Aussie dollar 'directionless'
The Australian dollar is treading water but that looks set to change today
05/29/2017
Australian stocks extend sell-off - The Australian
The Australian
The Australian
Investors are in wait-and-see mode ahead of key local and international data releases and in the absence of cues from the US or Britain. At 10.30am (AEST), the benchmark S&P/ASX200 was 0.08 per cent weaker while the broader All Ordinaries index had ...
Markets Live: Banks lead ASX comeback
Building approvals fail to boost market
Finance news you need to know today
05/29/2017
Acquire Learning faces $4.5 million in penalties - The Age
The Age
The Age
Embattled vocational education broker Acquire Learning has been slapped with a $4.5 million fine, as a Federal Court judge rules that the company's sales and recruitment tactics were "disgraceful". In a strongly worded judgment handed down on Tuesday ...
Acquire slapped with $4.5m fine
Acquire Learning: Vocational education broker fined $4.5m after targeting vulnerable students
Aust education broker fined $4.5 million
05/29/2017
Rate tracker mortgage wins innovation award - The Adviser
The Adviser
The Adviser
A regional lender's 'rate tracker' home loan has been recognised as the âInnovative Mortgage Offering of the Yearâ at the Australian Retail Banking Awards. Auswide Bank was recognised last week for its RBA Rate Tracker Home Loan, which mimics the ...
05/29/2017
NIB: ACCC accuses health insurer of misleading customers - ABC Online
ABC Online
ABC Online
The competition regulator has launched Federal Court action against private health insurer NIB, alleging it misled customers by not informing them of changes in their coverage. Key points: Legal action relates to misleading claims of "no gap" cover on ...
ACCC takes health fund NIB to court over concealing changes to its MediGap Scheme
NIB faces $1.1m fine for deceiving members
Insurer NIB accused by ACCC of misleading members