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Treasurer hints at super concession adjustments

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2016
... majority of those that engage in negative gearing are buying one property and earn $80,000 or less. These people are not the problem. I don't know why they are demonised by the high tax club... I do know why, they [Labor] want to tax them more because ...

Who can dig a deeper hole?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2016
... bottom, or in this instance, "who can dig a deeper hole". Now, even the Fed, it seems, is contemplating going negative. The problem is, as PIMCO's Scott Mather writes, "negative interest rates are the problem, not the solution". "Although it is difficult ...

Pensioners want DB decision reversed

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2016
The Combined Pensioners and Superannuants Association (CPSA) has launched a campaign for defined benefit pensioners who received a shock in their first 2016 Age Pension payment. On behalf of DB pensioners CPSA is proposing to write to federal Treasurer ...

Ageing Australia will impact budget for next decade

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2016
... change have been in critical programs like aged care, disability care and help for the unemployed and sick." The budget problem around an ageing population is one also faced by the superannuation industry. Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia ...

Super's purpose under further scrutiny

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2016
The immediate need for a definition of superannuation to be enshrined in federal legislation is becoming clear as more ideas are floated about how to best use the savings pool. Western Australia Senator Chris Back has proposed that super could be used ...

Australians putting off retirement planning

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2016
... improves a great deal by around 22 to 24 years, by which time 56.7% think that retirement is too far away. It is a potential problem that just under a third (31.4%) of 35 to 39 year olds still believe they are too far from retirement to plan. In the ...

China's low-flation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 JAN 2016
... downward pressure on the yuan which, practically means that China would be exporting its low-flation and slowing growth problem to the rest of us. The good news is that low-flation provides Central Command and the People's Bank of China (PBOC) scope ...

ETF businesses bullish on growth prospects

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 17 DEC 2015
Exchange traded fund (ETF) businesses expect to grow by nearly 18% per year for the next three to five years, according to EY's 2015 Global ETF Survey. Despite an unstable economic environment, more than 90% of those surveyed expect the industry to ...

RBA Gov on Fed lift-off

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2015
So here we are folks, just one more sleep and we're there! The much-speculated, much-debated, much-awaited lift-off is upon us. We're 100% sure it's happening but with only a day to go, most are still uncertain of its ramifications - immediate and longer ...

ASIC spots PI insurance gaps

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2015
ASIC has completed its review of the professional indemnity insurance market for advisers in the eight months to June 2015. The report said the market is "stable and generally available," but there are gaps "between what ASIC expects and some of the ...