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Australian elections just gave uncertainty a top up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 JUL 2016
... Lower House) and the return of xenophobic Pauline Hanson to the senate. In his victory speech, Nick declared that, "we have broken the duopoly, we're gonna build from that". That may be but it creates more uncertainties for the domestic economy that ...

ASIC changes drive GPS Wealth growth

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUN 2016
... licensee grow its footprint in country New South Wales, licensing practices in Orange, Dubbo, Parkes, Tumut, Armidale and Broken Hill. Greg Holman, certified practising accountant and co-founder of GPS Wealth, said the removal of the accountants' exemption ...

New wave of retirees to challenge advisers

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2016
... that longer life expectancy, insufficient superannuation savings and mature age children returning home as a result of "broken marriages, failed business ventures and loss of employment" will lead a number of retirees to consider taking out a reverse ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2016
... December 2012 - when PM Abe was elected and before the implementation of the "three arrows". The "three arrows" that became "broken arrows" soon after Japan lifted the consumption tax from 5% to 8% back in April 2014. The same experience Japan has had ...

What the budget means for you

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2016
... income spouse superannuation tax offset will be raised from $10,800 to $37,000. The move is designed to help people with broken work patterns, especially women. Fund managers will benefit from measures to help establish Australia as an exporter of financial ...

Potential budget super alterations welcome

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2016
... that the Treasurer will reveal a new Low Income Superannuation Contribution (LISC)-style government top up for people with broken work patterns, particularly women. ISA deputy chief executive Robbie Campo said the anticipated budget news would be welcome ...

SMSF Association implores Govt not to reduce contribution caps

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2016
... with the inevitable effect of increasing their reliance on the age pension. "This is especially relevant for people with broken work patterns, such as women taking time out of the work force to raise children. The research shows that females start making ...

Banking inquiry cost better spent on ASIC: AFA

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2016
... perfect, but let's spend the money making sure that we're using the rules that are in place. It's not the rules that are broken, it's the individual cases of conduct that could be improved," said Fox. Fox argued that a greater focus of ethics and education ...

SMSFA calls for concessional caps flexibility

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2016
... contributions to superannuation. "The current system delivers a poor result for people with volatile incomes - those with broken work patterns, especially women, small business owners or farmers whose income can fluctuate widely. These people may be ...

Govt announces superannuation's objective

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2016
... concessions that support the system." "We must account for the fact that, the superannuation system is still maturing, that broken work patterns still put many members of the community at a disadvantage in retirement and that the system comprises both ...