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Superannuation tax concessions unsustainable: Bowen

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2015
... Chris Bowen said Labor's superannuation policy might not be universally popular but it was a better alternative to the coalition's decision to leave super alone. In a recent radio interview with ABC, Bowen labeled current superannuation tax concessions ...

Morrison protects homes from Age Pension means test

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2015
... Minister Scott Morrison has confirmed that the family home will never be included in the Age Pension means test under a Coalition government. At the same time, a raft of pension reforms potentially saving $2.4 billion in the budget's forward estimates ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2015
The Australian market looks set to open lower after US stocks lost ground overnight. At 0651 AEST on Thursday, the June share price index futures contract was down 24 points at 5,631. Wall Street fell for a second straight session following disappointing ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2015
... the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index shed 13.16 (0.27 per cent) at 4,863.36. Oil prices rose sharply as a Saudi-led coalition bombed Houthi Shi'ite rebels in support of Yemen's embattled president. Airline stocks were hit by higher oil prices and news ...

FPA asks for tax deductible advice in budget submission

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2015
... financial literacy to maintain consumer protection. "Making financial advice more affordable for consumers supports the Coalition's superannuation policy to encourage as many Australians as possible to actively plan and save for their retirement, take ...

Assistant Treasurer backs PM under fire

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2015
... want to see us improve, they want to see us improve our communications, explain better our policies." He added that the Coalition is on the right track in a number of policy areas and said he felt it was important not to "obscure the broader achievements ...

FEATURE: 2014 year in review

MARK SMITH, LAURA MILLAN, JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2014
... talking into 2015. The FoFA transformation This has been a year of regulations, motions and disallowance in FoFA land. The Coalition's win in the September 2013 Federal election was interpreted as a sign that the troubled legislation would approved ...

Industry welcomes grandfathering deal

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2014
The financial services industry has welcomed the parliamentary agreement between the Coalition and Labor to fix the unintended consequences of scrapping grandfathering from the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) legislation. The Financial Planning Association ...

Grandfathering set to become next advice battlefield

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2014
... provision can be fixed "relatively quickly" because it does not need to go through legislation. At the same time, the Coalition, Labor and the Greens have previously agreed that the inability to grandfather previous business when changing licensees was ...

Industry furious at financial advice swap

AAP & ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2014
... Senate overnight. Labor, the Greens and four crossbenchers, including Palmer United Party's Jacqui Lambie, argued the Coalition's proposed changes would leave investors vulnerable to a future financial collapse. The disallowance of the government regulations ...