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Labor cracks down on discretionary trusts

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 31 JUL 2017
... of legitimate reasons, such as asset protection and succession planning can continue using trusts, and under a Labor government will not be taxed like companies, he added. Non-discretionary trusts such as deceased estates, special disability, farm, charitable ...

Government bond issuance to fall 20pct

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAY 2017
... surplus by 2020. While this debt amount has doubled during the life of Coalition government, during the previous Labor government it increased five-fold from $53 billion to $258 billion. Since 2015 the amount of this debt held by foreigners has remained ...

Tax relief for merging super funds extended

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
... on gains and losses from revenue and capital assets. This tax relief, which was originally introduced by the Labor Government in 2008, was due to lapse on 1 July 2017. "Extending this relief will ensure superannuation fund members' balances are not reduced ...

Super fund governance bill enters final debate

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2015
... corporate," Loane said. "This is moderate sensible policy which has been recommended by the Cooper Review under the Labor government and by David Murray's Financial System Inquiry."

SMSF Association farewells super shadow minister

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2015
... elected to the Queensland seat of Oxley in 1998 and was Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer in the last Labor government. In opposition since 2013, Ripoll has been a member of the Shadow Ministry with the portfolios of financial services and superannuation ...

Government could force QIC to fund Queensland infra

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2015
The Labor government in Queensland could force QIC to reduce its international and cash exposure to allocate more funds to the State's infrastructure. Queensland Treasurer Curtis Pitt said in his first budget speech that over the next six months the ...

Hockey defends budget backflip

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2015
... journalist Leigh Sales about "having one policy and replacing it with another," Hockey argued that the previous Labor government "locked in growth and spending levels that were unsustainable." "We're trying to avoid what the Labor government did, which ...

NSW to receive $2 billion infrastructure incentive

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2015
... time when the mining investment boom is receding. The first deal under the Initiative was signed with the ACT Labor Government on 19 February 2015." The government expects the Asset Recycling Initative to generate nearly $40 billion in infrastructure ...

Industry furious at financial advice swap

AAP & ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2014
... showed Australians really needed protection from poor financial advice. The laws, introduced by the previous Labor government in 2012, gave consumers a better idea of the commissions they were paying and gave them the option to opt in or out of their ...

PROFILE: Goldman Sachs Asset Management head of fixed income for Asia-Pacific Philip Moffitt

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2014
... Bank in 1986. The futures market had just been established, the superannuation industry was starting up and the Labor government had recently opened up licencing for foreign banks. "It was just dumb luck to be honest," Moffitt remembers. "Just about ...