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Super tax reform on hold for election

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2015
... they are not sustainable. "Tax concessions for superannuation are the fastest growing tax concession in the entire federal budget. "With an aging population, a growing proportion of the population will move into the retirement phase, that is, the phase ...

Bad news day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2015
... shutdown of the US government looms - the country's lawmakers have only until 30 September (a full week) to pass a new budget for their fiscal year that starts on the 1st of next month. And it's real. As per Business Insider, "Stan Collender, who has ...

Aussie, Aussie, Aussie! Noi, noi, noi!

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2015
... economies." (Australian Financial Review) The AFR adds, "An indicative interpretation of the IMF's modelling based on Treasury budget numbers also suggests it expects Australia's annual growth rate will be 2.5 per cent from 2020 onwards, making it harder ...

New faces to lead financial services policy reform

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2015
... make in our nation's service." Hockey, who this morning made public a statement highlighting the outcomes of the 2014-15 budget, said that "it was a great privilege to serve on the frontbench. "In each and every ministry from Financial Services to Employment ...

KPMG pinpoints stagnant insurance industry

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2015
... with regards to their digital innovation strategies; out of the Australian insurers surveyed, less than half (43%) had a budget for innovation. Further to this, Australian insurers were most likely to attempt to target new customer-bases with existing ...

Government debt is not bad: Sicilia

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2015
... ten year period. This implies that a market believes we're a good credit risk. It implies the market believes that our budget deficit is sustainable," Sicilia said. Internationally Sicilia said a burning question remained as to whether the European Union ...

FEATURE - Retirement income: Finding the right path

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2015
... less than half of 2000 retirees were currently using a financial adviser. It found 40% of seniors were not using a formal budget to manage their household expenses. The same percentage of retirees also had no specific plan for later life expenses such ...

Turnbull expected to dust off shelved policies

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2015
... focus on reaching consensus so policy reforms can be passed by Parliament into law. "This is likely to include getting the budget back under control, reforming Australia's tax system, reducing bureaucracy. The commitment to free market economic policies ...

Super becoming the fifth estate

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2015
... comments in the financial business media such as, "To make a big public announcement it may be this is part of the marketing budget of the particular fund". The most disappointing aspect to silly comments like this and from Frydenberg is they show how ...

FSU secretary and executive reach impasse

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2015
... She said resolutions that impinged adopting budgetary measures and curtailed restructuring efforts included: Inheriting a budget deficit of $2.8 million - which is now about $1.17 million; Counteracting decisions on the appointment, engagement, assignment ...