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Super reforms finalised by year's end

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2016
Treasurer Scott Morrison is adamant the government's wave of superannuation reforms will be introduced to parliament by the end of 2016. Morrison released the third tranche of reforms on Friday and said the legislative amendments better target superannuation ...

Aussie government bond flaunts confidence

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2016
... Australian government's 30-year bond demonstrates both foreign and domestic confidence in the country. Federal Treasurer Scott Morrison said the bond raised $7.6 billion from investors and the historic issue attracted bids totalling almost double that ...

Industry heavyweights back listed venture fund

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2016
... H2Ocean, the latest brainchild of H2 Ventures founders Ben and Toby Heap, was officially launched by Treasurer Scott Morrison and now the IPO has the backing of financial industry heavyweights including Link Group chairman Michael Carapiet, Perpetual ...

Next wave of super legislation rolls in

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 SEP 2016
Attempting to keep superannuation reforms on the move, Treasurer Scott Morrison released more draft legislation yesterday. Among the second tranche of legislation are plans to implement the $1.6 million transfer balance cap, limiting the amount an individual ...

AustralianSuper and IFM seek energy asset

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 26 SEP 2016
... services and job losses. ETU secretary Steve Butler said the unsolicited offer came a month after Federal Treasurer Scott Morrison blocked a similar sale of the company, citing national security concerns. "The Federal Government has been advised that ...

ASIC investigating ASX outage

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2016
Federal Treasurer Scott Morrison has confirmed that ASIC is investigating September 19's significant disruption to ASX trading. The ASX has blamed the outage, which was the longest in five years, on a "hardware failure" though no other details were ...

Advisers welcome super changes but need stability

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2016
... the $500,000 non-concessional cap but argue changes to the system need to stop. Announced yesterday, Treasurer Scott Morrison said the government will replace the proposed $500,000 cap with a new measure to reduce the existing annual non-concessional ...

$500,000 non-concessional cap scratched

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2016
... on superannuation to drop the $500,000 lifetime non-concessional cap and alter several other policies. Treasurer Scott Morrison announced the changes this morning and said the government will replace the $500,000 proposal with a new measure to reduce ...

Government releases draft super reforms

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2016
... proposed superannuation reforms. Describing the reforms as "fairer, more flexible and more sustainable," Treasurer Scott Morrison argued that "the majority of Australians" will either be "better off or unaffected." The first tranche of legislation enshrines ...

Parliament goes to war on super

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2016
... people aged 65 to 74, and allowing tax deductions for personal superannuation contributions. Federal Treasurer Scott Morrison rejected Labor's policy and said "their changes are more suited to the economy of the 1970's than a 21st Century economy where ...