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Media Super ups fees, premiums

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAY 2021
... options in March, which it said were invested in by less than 1% of the fund's members. The options closed were Australian Small Companies, Diversified Shares, Emerging Markets Shares, Global Listed Infrastructure, Global Listed Property, Hedged International ...

Advice practices set to benefit from tax cuts

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAY 2021
Small business owners, like financial planners, are set to benefit from the 30% tax rate reducing to 25% from 1 July 2021. Federal treasurer Josh Frydenberg also announced last night that temporary full expensing has been extended until 30 June 2023. ...

Super funds slam budget's super gap measures

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAY 2021
... from 65, providing a two-year amnesty for exiting legacy retirement products, relaxing residency requirements for SMSFs and small APRA-regulated super funds. However, it was quiet on in creasing Commonwealth rent assistanc e, and on requiring employers ...

More flexibility for retirees

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2021
... and removing the active member test for both fund types. As such, the measure relaxes residency requirements for SMSFs and small APRA-regulated funds (SAFs) allowing members to make contributions while temporarily living overseas. "This will provide ...

Personal, business tax cuts revealed

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2021
The government has retained the low-and-middle income tax offset (LMITO) for another year and introduced a tax cut for small to medium businesses in the 2021/22 budget in a bid to create more jobs and support business investment. Low-and middle-income ...

Key Treasury initiatives outlined

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2021
... years to support the delivery of its priorities. These include Treasury's engagement with key agencies like ASIC and the Small Business Ombudsman ($49m) and the continued operation of the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority until December ...

OPINION: Super for housing was the wrong policy fight

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2021
... of the threshold below which employees would not receive SG contributions. While getting rid of this threshold may be a small boost to low-income workers, they will blaze a trail for the rest of the workforce because this measure will shine a scorching ...

Aged care expenditure to jump 37%

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2021
... care with $6.5 billion ear-marked for in-home facilities investment. While Australia's aged care system services just a small proportion of older Australians, its inability to cope with the current demand from its 340,000 users, according to figures ...

AMP Australia announces new leadership team

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2021
... complement existing skills AMP has in its current leadership group. "The new leaders have all worked in large institutions and small to medium sized businesses. They will bring a healthy perspective on how we ensure AMP Australia is a lean, efficient ...

New India fund eyes HNWs

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2021
... Management will launch India 2030 in the third quarter of this year, a high conviction, actively managed fund that invests in small to mid-cap companies listed on the National Stock Exchange of India. India 2030 has mandated Mumbai-based Oldbridge Capital ...