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Government to aid growth of social impact investment

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2017
... recommendations. In the government's 'Social Impact Investing' discussion paper released on Saturday, Treasurer Scott Morrison outlined the government's position on social impact investing, calling for submissions on three key components: 1. The role ...

Government repeats fintech focus

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 JAN 2017
Addressing the G20 Conference, Federal Treasurer Scott Morrison praised robo-advice and called on other governments to begin considering investing in 'regtech'. Speaking in Wiesbaden, Germany, Morrison told delegates more must be done to evolve and ...

NSW government pins fintech job hopes to H2 Ventures

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 13 JAN 2017
... provide funding for early and growth stage fintech start-ups. The venture was officially launched by Treasurer Scott Morrison and has the backing of financial industry heavyweights including Link Group chairman Michael Carapiet, Perpetual Guardian founder ...

Government shelves ASIC register sale

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 DEC 2016
... National Union of Workers, Australian Services Union, Caritas Australia and GetUp! - sent a joint letter to Treasurer Scott Morrison suggesting privatising the registry would lead to a "private monopoly." The letter added: "This would adversely affect ...

Top 10 superannuation stories in 2016

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 DEC 2016
... superannuation to drop the $500,000 lifetime non-concessional cap and alter several other policies. In September Treasurer Scott Morrison said the government will replace the $500,000 proposal with a new measure to reduce the existing annual non-concessional ...

MYEFO: Surplus of promises

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 DEC 2016
Beam me up Scotty! That's the underlying message from Australian Federal Treasurer Scott Morrison's Budget update where the Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook (MYEFO) report showed the budget deficit beamed up by a cumulative A$10.3 billion over the ...

Super tax receipts to reach $8bn: MYEFO

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 19 DEC 2016
... Economic and Fiscal Outlook, which confirms the Budget is still projected to return to surplus in 2020-21. Treasurer Scott Morrison said in helping the path to surplus the new Turnbull Government had already implemented Budget repair measures exceeding ...

RBA hires Women's Leadership Institute chair

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2016
... national president of the Property Council of Australia. Congratulating Schwartz on her new role at the RBA, Treasurer Scott Morrison said: "I am pleased to announce the appointment of Ms Carol Schwartz AM to the Reserve Bank Board as a part-time member ...

AustralianSuper, IFM Investors buy Ausgrid in five weeks

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2016
... for IFM Investors confirmed the consortium began preparing its unsolicited proposal the moment Federal Treasurer Scott Morrison knocked back a foreign investment bid on August 19. Both IFM Investors and AustralianSuper have paid $16.2 billion for a 50.4% ...

Super reforms finalised by year's end

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2016
Treasurer Scott Morrison is adamant the government's wave of superannuation reforms will be introduced to parliament by the end of 2016. Morrison released the third tranche of reforms on Friday and said the legislative amendments better target superannuation ...