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Budget to pave the way for better advice: Stammer

KATE HAGE | FRIDAY, 12 MAY 2006

... leading economist and academic, Don Stammer, welcomed Costello's proposals to simplify the country's superannuation tax system and highlighted the changes it will usher in for the adviser community. "We no longer will have numerous different ways super ...

Call for personal tax cuts to plug company tax loophole

KATE HAGE | TUESDAY, 18 APR 2006

... Financial Review, Warburton said closing the gap would make Australia more competitive and help build a more productive tax system. AMP Capital Investor's head of investment strategy and chief economist, Shane Oliver, agreed that the gap needs to be ...

Tax reform calls often about welfare not tax: Costello

ALEX DUNNIN | TUESDAY, 4 APR 2006

... reforming welfare payments, particularly the interaction of welfare and tax. "The problems [don't always] come from your tax system at all. If they are making a criticism they are actually making a criticism of the welfare system," he said. However ...

Weekly economic round-up

... end. This week's major market events include the release of the Federal Treasury's pre-budget review of Australia's tax system. More tax cuts could sustain the recovery in consumer spending that we have seen over the past three months and alter the course ...

SG is a tax: Tax Inquiry

... the table... [so] we can identify areas where Australia lags and they ought to become the priority as we improve our tax system." But the tax review is likely to define the holy grail of superannuation, the SG, as a tax and when calls are made to lower ...

Stop speculating and get back to capitalism: Bogle

... over too many options or by taking on too much risk. Bogle also called for changes to the "complicated" Australian tax system, which he said was more onerous than the US tax system and further cuts into investor's returns. In answer to the question of ...

Suggestions grow on how to improve under 40s savings

... who seek professional financial advice regarding superannuation and retirement incomes, and by implementing a simpler tax system that would also allow for greater tax deductions. Specifically the ABA would like superannuation to be taxed at the benefit ...

RBA keeps hand off rates

AAP | WEDNESDAY, 6 APR 2005

... putting upward pressure on interest rates have not been addressed. "The skills crisis, the lack of incentive in the tax system and the infrastructure bottleneck are all still putting upward pressure on interest rates." It was not the Reserve Bank's place ...

Election cycle a case of short-sightedness

... long-term objectives. The ageing population and retirees in particular face real problems associated with the current tax system. The high marginal tax rate is a problem for low-income investors because of the potential for family benefits to be eroded. ...

Accountants call for $3 billion a year tax cuts

AAP | THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2004

Australia's tax system was unfairly skewed to benefit high-income earners and needed a $3 billion a year shake up, new research has found. Accounting body CPA Australia called for the five tier tax system to be condensed into three income brackets. ...

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Invesco launches new equity fund

ELIZA BAVIN | 12:13PM

Invesco said the new fund will give Australian investors access to a systematic global equity strategy with a 20-year track record.

FCA pursues Neil Woodford again

KARREN VERGARA | 12:05PM

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is going after failed fund manager Neil Woodford again, this time for allegedly providing unauthorised investment advice via W4.0, his Dubai-based investment platform.

Former APRA deputy chair launches retirement solutions startup

KARREN VERGARA | 12:03PM

A former APRA deputy chair has launched CipherIQ, a new venture that provides retirement solutions via account-based pensions in partnership with superannuation funds, financial advisers and retirees.

Global X launches space tech ETF

MATTHEW WAI | 11:12AM

Global X has now launched the space tech ETF (ASX: MOON).

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