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Age Pension under the spotlight in tonight's budget

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2015
The 2015 Budget is expected to focus largely on Age Pension reforms that will likely require changes in the approach that the superannuation industry, financial advisers and professional investors take to design retirement strategies. Prior to the release ...

Budget for uncertainty

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2015
... stock". I could only surmise that it's the uncertainty surrounding the great reveal of Federal Treasurer Joe Hockey's second Budget (or is it Social Services Minister Scott Morrison's first?). Prime Minister Tony Abbot "promised" that this one would ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2015
... released, the ANZ-Roy Morgan weekly consumer confidence survey is due out and Treasurer Joe Hockey hands down the federal budget in the evening. In equities news, Coca-Cola Amatil holds its annual general meeting, Orica releases its half year results ...

Dear mom, all's good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2015
... foster sustainable growth in demand and inflation outcomes consistent with the inflation target over time". The latest "Budget" news is also good for us, Australians all. The government appears to have turned Keynesian. According to reports, savings ...

Morrison protects homes from Age Pension means test

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2015
... means test under a Coalition government. At the same time, a raft of pension reforms potentially saving $2.4 billion in the budget's forward estimates, were also announced. In a statement, Morrison said changes to the future indexation of more than 4 ...

Financial services SMEs top confidence survey

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2015
... feel that government policies have worked to create better or more flexible business conditions. Ahead of the May Federal Budget, the Government should be listening to SMEs to get a better understanding of their needs given their importance to Australia's ...

Gearing for SMSFs won't be significant: Colley

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2015
A potential property gearing announcement in the federal budget for self-managed super funds is unlikely to impact funds as much as people expect, according to the SMSF Association's Graeme Colley. The association technical director told a recent event ...

CSRI identifies super flaws

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2015
Ahead of its post-budget forum on June 2, the Committee for Sustainable Retirement Incomes has identified key issues with Australia's superannuation system in its FSI submission. According to CSRI's statement, the submission "identified as a priority ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2015
... is 73% owned by foreign airlines, was flat at 51 cents after it posted a narrower loss during the March quarter as its budget carrier Tigerair recovered to turn a small profit. Telco shares were down with Telstra losing two cents to $6.21. TPG Telecom ...

That elusive 6000

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2015
... started rebounding, up 5.5% to US$57.81 per tonne instead of heading down the forecast US$40 per or Joe Hockey's reported Budget assumption of US$35. So too have the price of crude oil - on both measures. Brent is up 37.3% to US$64.83 a barrel from the ...