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ATO payroll system tracking unpaid super

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAR 2017
The Australian Taxation Office is tackling the growing $3.6 billion unpaid super problem with its Single Touch Payroll (STP) system that closely monitors employers' inability to pay superannuation entitlements, with the first phase due to roll out on ...

Findex assigns Aussie equities mandate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAR 2017
Findex has awarded the mandate for its managed discretionary Australian core equity portfolios to an active equities manager. Following a rigorous review program by the Findex investment team, Altair Asset Management secured the contract, having first ...

One small rise in rates, one giant step towards normalisation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAR 2017
Don't you just love it when things turn out as expected? Wall Street surely did. US equities jumped -- Dow up 0.5%, S&P up 0.84%, Nasdaq up 0.7%, Russell 2000 up 1.5% -- the VIX index dropped by 5.5% and instead of climbing, the US dollar index fell ...

Access to super for housing is still bad policy

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAR 2017
Superannuation industry associations have once again come out strongly against a policy of allowing first home buyers early access to their superannuation to purchase a home. Following comments this week from Assistant Treasurer Michael Sukkar, who ...

DomaCom signs global agriculture crowdfunding deal

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAR 2017
Fractional property investing platform DomaCom finalised its first foray into agricultural assets with a deal that gives its investors a stake in pastoral land among Victoria's Western Districts. The 150-hectare property, Doyles, is outside Casterton ...

Westpac deputy chief executive retires

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAR 2017
Westpac deputy chief executive Phil Coffey is retiring after spending more than 20 years at the bank. Coffey was appointed deputy chief executive in April 2014 and prior to that served as chief financial officer for eight years, and was the group executive ...

Good for now worrying for later

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAR 2017
"The February NAB Monthly Business Survey gave back the surprisingly strong gains seen in the previous month..." This was the opening line of the NAB report on business confidence and business conditions for February. How much were given back? Business ...

Global PE firm buys Australian office chain

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAR 2017
The Australian and New Zealand operations of business product and solutions provider Staples has been acquired by a global private equity firm for an undisclosed sum. The news of Platinum Equity's acquisition occurs at the same time the firm announced ...

Legg Mason bond funds receive Zenith tick

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAR 2017
Three Legg Mason bond funds were recently rated positively by Zenith. Legg Mason's Western Asset Global Bond Fund and Western Asset Macro Opportunities Fund were both given a 'Recommended' rating, while the Legg Mason Brandywine Opportunistic Fixed ...

Wages and super should be aligned: Cbus

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAR 2017
Cbus is calling on the Federal Government to align the payment of workers' superannuation with the payment of wages. The industry super fund claims the quarterly payment cycle for the superannuation guarantee creates a significant risk of non-compliance ...