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Super changes about sustainability: O'Dwyer

KELLY O'DWYER, ASSISTANT TREASURER AND MINISTER FOR SMALL BUSINESS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2016
... expires on 30 June next year, with a Low Income Superannuation Tax Offset. This will mean low income workers will generally not pay more tax on superannuation contributions than on their take-home pay. Available to those earning $37,000 or less, this ...

Equities out, alternatives in for pension funds

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2016
Large pension funds, including superannuation and sovereign wealth funds, are increasing their exposure to alternatives to preserve or improve return, according to the OECD 2015 Large Pension Funds Survey. The report noted that pension funds in general ...

Fixed income investors turning to Serbia

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2016
... improved government spending and strong industrial production. The latter point, he added, was precipitated partly by Serbia not being in the EU yet and therefore unaffected by trade sanctions in Russia, which has prompted Japanese and German companies ...

Dimensional launches ESG trust

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2016
... have the right incentives to maximise shareholder wealth and are doing the best possible job in managing those businesses and not diverting income for their own use. Dimensional combines this systematic ESG approach with its core equity methodology ...

TPB calls for submissions on practical guidance info

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2016
... information sheets aim to provide practical assistance and explanation for tax (financial) advisers and include explanations on not only what is required but also consequences for failing to comply with the Code. All submissions will be reviewed before ...

Australian trust in financial services low

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2016
... argued that trust is dependent on all levels of the advice value stream. "I take your point about face to face but I think it's not just simply the issue of face to face, it's about all the way up the value stream of the advice that you've provided. ...

Westpac prices climate bond at $500m

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2016
Westpac has priced its first climate bond at $500 million, reflecting the continuing interest from investors for products that have an impact on the economy and the environment. The bond will fund 12 Australian projects, including seven wind farms and ...

Listed and direct real estate show correlation

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2016
... struggling to deploy their capital given global competition for quality assets," Maydew said. The paper, Don't tell me it's not real estate, is the first in a series on listed real estate and suggests the daily liquidity of the asset class means it behaves ...

Millennials want homes not retirements

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2016
... Australian dream of home-ownership is just as important to them as it was for their parents. Yet 80% are also concerned they're not on track to achieving the dream, with more than half saying it has been put out of reach by increasing housing and living ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2016
... in the first quarter, following a 4.3% fall in the December 2015 quarter. Markit flash US services PMI It appears that it's not only the US manufacturing sector that's slowed in May, the services industry is too. Coming on the heels of the reported decline ...