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Super subsidies cost $32bn: Treasury

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2014
As the government prepares for a review of unsustainable welfare payments, Treasury has released its 2013-14 Tax Expenditures Statement (TES) that confirms the cost of superannuation tax subsidies is $32 billion. The TES is produced each year and is ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2014
... overnight, which pushed the local market down more than one per cent at the open. The worst performer on the market was Treasury Wine Estates, which lost 75 cents, or more than 16 per cent, after downgrading its earnings guidance in the wake of weaker ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2014
... report said the world's biggest economy added just 74,000 jobs in December, well below the 197,000 expected by analysts. Treasury yields fell, suggesting the market thought the jobs report meant the US Federal Reserve will avoid aggressively scaling ...

Government releases FoFA amendments

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2013
... is more to be done to streamline the fee disclosure statement process and we will continue to work with Government and Treasury for improvements in this area," FPA chief executive Mark Rantall said. The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) asked for ...

FSC asks Son of Wallis Inquiry to focus on export growth

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2013
... The financial advice associations have broadly welcomed the terms of reference, but have made some suggestions to the Treasury's initial document. The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has asked the inquiry to review the effectiveness of the AFSL ...

Orion Asset Management scraps insto business

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2013

Inquiry recommends MRRT and LISC be scrapped

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2013
... received, three of which were confidential. The submissions and a summary of the consultation process have been published on Treasury's website.

Government to discuss alternative funding for LISC

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2013
... low-income and superannuation retirement outcomes. I am quite sure that they would be happy to talk to you about that." Treasury manager of contributions and accumulations units Ruth Gabbitas added: "The government has committed that, when the budget ...

UFS adopts Rubik's 'Bank in a Box' technology

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 26 NOV 2013
Uniting Financial Services (UFS), the treasury arm of the Uniting Church, has fully adopted Rubik's Software as a Service (SaaS) product. The 'Bank in a Box' solution provides comprehensive banking software via cloud technology to financial organisations ...

Industry bodies call for Government LISC U-turn

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2013
... instead "pause" the policy until 1 July 2017 to allow the budget position to strengthen. ASFA has offered to meet with Treasury to discuss ways in which the LISC could be funded. "ASFA requested the Committee consider the importance of sound long term ...