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Property funds battle over GMF merger

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 6 JUN 2016
... transaction structure but the committee has declined. An alternative solution would potentially alleviate Centuria Capital's opposition to Growthpoint's original GMF offer on 5 May. Centuria Capital and subsidiary Centuria Property Funds own a collective ...

Financial services given hand to protect seniors

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2016
... dedicated Minister for Ageing should it win the federal election on 2 July. National Seniors has cautiously welcomed the Opposition's announcement which also plans a review of aged care reforms and developing a strategy for an aged care workforce. "Ageing ...

Shorten attacks government's retro super changes

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2016
Federal Opposition Leader Bill Shorten used his budget reply speech last night to label the government's superannuation changes as "retrospective" and reaffirm Labor's election policy on the $2 trillion industry. On Tuesday the government announced ...

Regulators defended in calls for Royal Commission

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 11 APR 2016
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has defended industry regulators in the wake of Opposition Leader Bill Shorten's call for a Royal Commission in to the banking and financial services sector. At a doorstop interview in Sydney yesterday, Turnbull said ...

Labor will announce retirement income priorities

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2016
... announcement will come on top of Labor's superannuation tax policy announced in April last year and Chalmers said the opposition is committed to giving people time to evaluate each party's direction. Speaking at the Conference of Major Superannuation ...

Treasurer hints at super concession adjustments

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2016
... in the retirement phase penalises Australians that have put money into the system under the current rules. From the Opposition's view I am surprised that they will tax people in the retirement phase, changing the rules on people and pull the rug out ...

Labor eyes super for start-up boost

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2016
The Federal Opposition thinks more should be done to boost investment in Australia's start-ups. Addressing an audience of industry professionals at the SMSF Association National Conference in Adelaide, Shadow Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation ...

Support to recycle Queensland assets

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2016
Queensland opposition leader Lawrence Springborg has received support after flagging his Liberal-National Party (LNP) were again open to discussions on asset recycling in the sunshine state. The Chamber of Commerce and Industry Queensland (CCIQ), which ...

Seniors react to Commission's retirement housing idea

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2015
... paying off." National Seniors chief executive Michael O'Neill said the group does believe the current government or opposition would include the family home in the pension assets test. "The family home is sacrosanct. It very much defines who we are and ...

Parliament repeals key FoFA amendments

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2015
... legislated," the Government's document said. It said that the move is part of the Government's commitment to work with the opposition in improving the FoFA laws, which were received with strong opposition by Labor and the Greens. Other amendments made ...