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Better FHSAs needed for buyers

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2008
Superannuation industry bodies AIST, ISN and IFF have banded together to propose measures tailoring First Home Saver Accounts to better aid struggling first home buyers. Fiona Reynolds, chief executive of AIST, said the scheme should be structured in ...

ASIC zones in on accountants pushing SMSFs

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2008
... alter the accountant exemption law. In other news, DuPre said the Financial Services Working Group would roll out the First Home Saver Accounts by July this year and would develop a four-page superannuation product disclosure statement (PDS) by the end ...

FHSA tops govt agenda

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2008
... government's Working Group has tabled its first session to discuss the development of a short form disclosure document for the First Home Saver Account. "By focusing its initial work on the First Home Saver Account, we are taking steps to make sure this ...

Fresh directions for super: ASFA

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2008
... spearheading talks on superannuation advice, governance around self-managed super funds (SMSFs), and the development of first home saver accounts, among others. "We've been working with ASIC on affordable, adequate and available advice [for quite some ...

Tax reforms boost capacity, not inflationary

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2008
... improvement in the productive capacity of the economy in the years ahead." The Treasurer also highlighted how the new First Home Saver accounts will boost savings even though their impact is expected to be minimal in the short term.

Green light on First Home Saver

... new government has delivered on its key election promise of addressing housing affordability when it established the 'First Home Saver Account' - a package of tax concessions and government contributions to help young Australians and low income earners ...

The new government: what it means

Higher child care rebates, a superannuation-based 'first home owner' account and superannuation guarantee creeping up to 15 per cent are just some of the Labor party policies that could become law under the new government. Colonial First State, one ...

First Home Saver proposal a winner

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2007
The proposal by Opposition Leader Kevin Rudd for a "super style" savings scheme to help first home buyers save for a home has drawn strong support from the superannuation industry already champing at the bit to get involved. The proposal works by letting ...

Home sweet home

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2007
... planning to migrate to the US to snap up some real estate bargains, are apparently showing growing enthusiasm for that first home purchase. A report by independent market analyst Datamonitor shows that lending commitments to first home owner-occupiers ...

Economic round-up: Going broke going for broke

SUZY MAC  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2007
... property ladder. It is officially 10.3 per cent harder than a year ago, according to figures out today. The HIA-CBA First Home buyer affordability index has fallen again in the March quarter by 0.6 per cent bringing the affordability of that first home ...