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Working mothers caught in tax snafu

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2009
A study revealing that low income mothers pay the highest tax rates highlights how the economic spotlight now on income-tax distribution in Australia is turning into a blowtorch. University of Sydney professor of public economics Patricia Apps has released ...

Bravura tags FINCAD

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2009
Bravura Solutions has entered into a formal agreement to use financial analytics provider FINCAD's derivatives analytics solutions and services. Bravura has joined the FINCAD Alliance Program, allowing it to embed FINCAD's analytics library into its ...

AIG Hong Kong begins rebrand strategy

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2009
American International Assurance Company (AIA Group) in Hong Kong is beginning its long awaited rebrand strategy, a move expected to involve subsidiaries across the region. The objective of the rebrand is to demonstrate separation from AIG in the US ...

Fed's unfunded liabilities balloon to $80bn

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2009
Federal unfunded superannuation liabilities have jumped 75 per cent in less than a decade, putting pressure on the government's Future Fund strategy to contain the fiscal blow out. The figures, contained in the latest Mercer analysis from the Department ...

APRA to monitor investment options

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2009
APRA is continuing plans to ramp up its data collections, in particular to collect performance data on individual investment options. To refine its approaches the regulator has issued another discussion paper on how it should be done, how it should ...

Unions attack retirement age change

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2009
Just as leading Unions have stepped up their battle against lifting the retirement age, the government has been forced to dismiss their claims for special rules for manual workers labelling them unfair. The Australian newspaper today reported that the ...

Debate advice, not advisers: Sherry

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2009
Arguments about advice, the role of advisers in their dealer groups, how and whether they should be regulated and supported miss the central point - in its current form advice is an elite service used by a minority of consumers. "If you want bespoke ...

AIA public listing one step closer

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2009
AIG has announced it will accelerate steps to position its Australasian subsidiary American International Assurance Company (AIA) as an independent entity in preparation for an Asian public listing. The timing of the move will be determined by market ...

Super concession cuts were overdue

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2009
Cuts to superannuation tax concessions are signs of things to come as the government gets on with a program it says will restore fairness to the system. "It is appropriate that those who are better off should help those not so well off," said Shane ...

Pension age lift under fire

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2009
When the Rudd government announced it wants all students under age 20 to stay in education unless they find a job, hardly anyone complained. But its announcement to marginally lift the pension preservation age is creating a furore. In Tuesday night's ...