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SG frozen till 2021, industry 'dismayed'

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2014
... Bill 2014. In a joint statement, Treasurer Joe Hockey and Finance Minister Mathias Cormann said the measure would save the budget around $50 billion over the next decade. Hockey described it as "a damn good deal for the Australian people." While the ...

FSC calls for new govt agency to grow industry overseas

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2014
... government funded but have advisory representatives from industry. It could also be funded by an industry levy or from ASIC's budget if the regulator's mandate was widened to include international competiveness. The submission highlighted that only 3.4% ...

The certainty in a sea of uncertainties

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2014

Advice group sues online forum over negative review

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2014
Financial planning firm WCS Group has started legal action against forum website Whirlpool over comments posted by a user named 'homemadecook.' WCS Group is a financial planning and mortgage broking business within NAB-owned dealer group Apogee. As ...

China's winning

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2014
... and business fee and tax reductions. Stronger economic growth, in turn, is having appositive impact on the government's budget --A mninews.com reports that, "the pace at which China's central and local governments are spending down this year's budgets ...

Super tax in firing line

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2014
Superannuation is likely to be in the firing line as the Federal government looks for tax savings in a bid to repair the fiscal state of the economy, according to BT chief economist Dr Chris Caton. "The generosity of the super taxation structure will ...

Resources needed for outcomes, regulators warn Treasury

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2014
... been forced to limit its surveillance activities as a consequence of the cuts implemented by Treasury through the 2014 Budget. The regulator said that it will continue to focus "proactive risk-based surveillance on areas of high risk to investors and ...

US/EU v Russia's lose-lose is China's win-win

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2014
I'll be ROFL - rolling on the floor laughing - this morning if not for the fact that it's the big boys playing with nuke toys that are escalating their tit-for-tat aggression... even if they hurt themselves in the process. Instead, me, myself and I ...

FSC bids to lead retirement income debate

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2014
... superannuation and retirement income policy must be seen in the overall context of short, medium and long-term national budget sustainability. The FSC is looking to lead the debate from the current focus on inputs to a debate on outputs and outcomes. ...

Bowen supports lump sum status quo

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2014
... saying no developed country in the world had gone that far. In response to Hockey's complaint the media was unfair on his budget, Bowen said: "If you can't sell [your reforms], it either means they're bad reforms, or you're a bad salesmen." On superannuation ...