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ISA appoints retirement policy adviser

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2015
... quantitative analysis of Commonwealth social and economic policies since 1975. At ISA he will concentrate on the adequacy, fairness and cost-effectiveness of retirement income policies for industry fund members and the broader Australian community. Previously ...

Treasury extends tax debate

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2015
... investment options would help reduce the influence of tax outcomes on savings and investment decisions and improve overall fairness of tax outcomes for investors at different marginal tax rates." ANZ, meanwhile, argued that taxing nominal gains of long ...

Actuaries say super taxes need to be reviewed

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2015
... financial support to retirement incomes was heavily weighted to high income earners and needed to be reviewed to improve fairness, sustainability and public confidence in Australia's retirement incomes system. Among its submission the AIST has called ...

Budget projections risk being too optimistic, economists warn

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2015
... and opportunity." Oliver noted that "as a result, we are unlikely to see the big blow to confidence that last year's fairness debate and Senate debacle caused." However, he identified other risks in this year's budget, including that "the Government's ...

No new taxes on super welcomed

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2015
... ill patients earlier access to their superannuation. "Improving access to super for the terminally ill is an important fairness measure that will allow more time for people to sort out their affairs or help pay for medical treatment," Garcia said. In ...

AIST and Mercer launch new super tracker

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 9 JAN 2015
... Garcia said the initiative will have the ability to track the super gender gap, overall adequacy of super, as well as the fairness of Government support for the super system across various income levels. "The tracker will be an important tool for the ...

Government repeals Palmer FoFA changes

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 DEC 2014
... will enable all advisers to retain grandfathered benefits, regardless of the licensee they move to, fostering greater fairness across the financial planning profession," the Financial Planning Association (FPA) chief executive Mark Rantall said. "The ...

FSC Conference: Experts forecast FSI outcomes

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2014
... Chipman praised the report's strong appreciation of roles and mutual obligations between all key stakeholders. "Notions of fairness and trust, promises and obligations are littered through the report which give some indication about direction it will ...

CBA whistleblower casts doubts over compensation scheme

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2014
... regulator. The final report said: "As the committee gathered more and more evidence, lingering doubts about the robustness and fairness of the compensation process began to grow (...) recent developments have only deepened the committee's misgivings ...

Sustaining confidence in the Australian financial system: Murray

DAVID MURRAY  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
... safeguard consumer interests while imposing significant costs on industry. The interim report notes some concerns with the fairness of some non-monetary covenants in SME loan contracts. It also raises concerns with the quality of financial advice. Our ...