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Super must become more efficient: PM

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2009
... alleviate fiscal pressures associated with an ageing population," he said. But whatever happens to superannuation as part of the Henry Review and subsequent taxation reforms, the Prime Minister said it is important Australia maintains an internationally ...

Investors shift more money outside super

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2009
... Anne-Marie Esler, technical services manager at Centric Wealth which has $4.9 billion in funds under advice, the upcoming Henry Review, Cooper Review, changes to salary sacrificing arrangements and lower contribution caps have made clients wary of relying ...

Superannuation wins in Cabinet reshuffle

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2009
... government revenue and competition policy. In this role, Sherry should play a key role in implementing the recommendations of the Henry Taxation Review. Sherry's new role in taxation policy, and Bowen's overarching superannuation and pensions policy ...

Working mothers caught in tax snafu

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2009
... revenue. What the ideal allocation between income share and tax revenue share should be is looming as a major focus of the Henry Taxation Review, particularly as the interim report released with the Federal Budget argued that superannuation tax benefits ...

Super at the edge of abyss: ASFA

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2009
... superannuation industry hovers at the edge of an abyss following the Federal Budget's cuts to super and a preliminary report of the Henry Tax Review, warned a key industry association. Pauline Vamos, chief executive of the Association of Superannuation ...

Raise SG to 15 pc: report

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2009
... the increased SG contributions should be the responsibility of the employers. This comes after the Federal Government's Henry Tax Review's report recommended the SG remain at 9 per cent of ordinary time earnings (OTE) on Budget night. Mercer's Henry ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2009
... Australian Chamber of Commerce breakfast. The RBA will release the minutes of its May board meeting. Treasury Secretary Ken Henry delivers his post budget speech to Australian Business Economists on "Contemporary Challenges in Fiscal Policy". In company ...

Super concession cuts were overdue

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2009
... wind back has been criticised by lobbyists across the industry, reports from Canberra emerged over the weekend that the Henry Tax Review is hardening its position against extensive super concessions and is likely to recommend significant restructurin ...

What-if scenarios bring Budget blues

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2009
... regardless of what the budget changes are going to be around tax, he hopes they "don't encroach on the territory of the Henry Review". "I wouldn't like to see any structural changes to the tax system that will have a long term impact...or changes which ...

Fee disclosure for intermediaries: CalPERS

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2009
... response to reports about the lack of transparency and oversight of placement agents and public pension fund investments," said Henry Jones, investment policy subcommittee chair. "We want full disclosure of all fees - specifically fees paid to agents ...