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Tax concession debate "simplistic": SMSF Association

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2015
... "misinformed, simplistic and distorted." The comments come ahead of the release of the Intergenerational Report and Tax White Paper, both of which are widely expected within the industry to highlight how tax concessions are skewed in favour of high earners. ...

Demography must drive reform

ANDREW BRAGG, FSC DIRECTOR OF POLICY AND GLOBAL MARKETS  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2015
... higher taxes and, be poorer. Saving more is an option which superannuation is designed to maximise. This year, the Tax White Paper will investigate how effective this policy has been. Although Australia moved ahead of most OECD nations to implement super ...

Super not "a top-up" for Age Pension: FSC

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2015
... who can fund their own retirement, and not miserly for those who cannot." Speaking about the upcoming Treasury tax white paper, Loane noted that tax treatment of super "should be on the agenda, but not in isolation." "We cannot afford to have a narrow ...

Government urged to leave super taxation alone

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2015
... rests on the stability of assumptions on which the system is based. With the Government set to publish the Taxation White Paper imminently, Mason fired a warning shot: "Confidence is at risk of being shaken when assumptions are disturbed by changes to ...

Consumers need super default safety net: ISA

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2015
... about where to place these contributions, or were sold retail super funds by financial advisers," a newly-released ISA white paper on behavioural economics said. The ISA argued that the Murray Inquiry, the Productivity Commission Inquiry "have both rejected ...

FS Advice: Medcraft's appalling speech

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2014
Check out the latest edition of the FS Advice newsletter here Last week, ASIC chairman Greg Medcraft's outburst about financial planning got everyone talking. He used the words "absolutely appalling" when referring to the fact that Australian consumers ...

Solve super tax inequity, says Murray

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2014
The upcoming tax white paper must redesign the taxation of superannuation so that it no longer disproportionately favours wealthy people, according to the Financial System Inquiry final report. The white paper, which is due to be drawn up next year ...

Women-led companies better for investors

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2014
... US, Barclays in Europe and Infinitas Asset Management in Australia. Earlier this month Infinitas released their own white paper on the issue called Investing In Women. The Credit Suisse study mapped 28,000 senior managers, executives and board directors ...

Sally Loane new CEO of the Financial Services Council

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2014
Former journalist Sally Loane has been appointed chief executive officer of the Financial Services Council (FSC) effective 8 December to replace the outgoing current chief executive John Brogden. Brogden is leaving to take up the role of chief executive ...

Ties between product and advice "archaic": FPA

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2014
... second-round submission reflected its engagement with members and policy committee members and the development of the FPA's White Paper (and subsequent 10 point-plan) on the Future of the Profession. It said the it would provide supplementary submission ...