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Government pushes "regulatory sandbox" for fintech startups

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2016
Treasurer Scott Morrison has said the Government and ASIC will work together to create a "regulatory sandbox" for fintech startups to test their business models. The sandbox will allow startups to test business ideas for up to six months with "a limited ...

Government finds $2.9 billion from super tax

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2016
The realm of superannuation taxation has shifted with Federal Treasurer Scott Morrison announcing new measures that will deliver a net revenue boost of $2.9 billion over the next four years. After superannuation representative groups welcomed no new ...

Super objective paves way for taxation changes

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2016
... law, including taxing the earnings of Transition to Retirement Income Streams. A joint statement from Treasurer Scott Morrison and Assistant Treasurer Kelly O'Dwyer says the objective of superannuation will be to provide income in retirement to substitute ...

What the budget means for you

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2016
... wealth creation value chain from the largest institutions right down to smallest independent advice firms. Treasurer Scott Morrison's 2016/17 budget has taken an axe to generous superannuation tax concessions in a bid to promote a fairer system for all. ...

Budget big picture

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2016
... in four years masks a massive 29% increase in tax revenue over the forward estimates, pointing to why Treasurer Scott Morrison has had to go after high-end superannuants and multi-nationals. In an at times faltering and nervous speech, the Treasurer ...

Potential budget super alterations welcome

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2016
On the eve of Treasurer Scott Morrison's first budget there is further support to rein in superannuation tax concessions for the wealthy, provided that proceeds fund better retirements for women and lower income earners. Industry Super Australia is ...

Police super a budget beneficiary

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2016
... result of changes to payment structures in a death and disability scheme introduced in 2012. Federal Treasurer Scott Morrison did not say how much the four-year transitional arrangement will cost when announcing it yesterday, with numbers to be revealed ...

FSC sends final budget message

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2016
... with super's objective. This is the final message from the Financial Services Council (FSC) to Federal Treasurer Scott Morrison ahead of his first budget next Tuesday. Of all the tabled proposals the FSC's biggest budget wish is for the government to ...

Government boosts ASIC with $127m package

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2016
... calls for a Royal Commission into the financial services industry, which both the Prime Minister and Treasurer Scott Morrison dismissed, arguing it would be preferable, in Morrison's words, to "address the issues that will enable ASIC to be able to even ...

Australian system needs "substantial reassessment": SEC veteran

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2016
... Labaton Sucharow's whistleblower representation practice, responded to Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Treasurer Scott Morrison's assertion that ASIC already has the resources to prosecute misconduct, saying: "I think in the US securities regulators ...