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Raise SG to 15 pc: report

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2009
... 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 Tax Review submission recommended increasing SG using soft compulsion methods whereby employers automatically ...

Unions attack retirement age change

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2009
... not rejecting the government's fiscal argument outright about rising longevity putting increasing strains on the federal budget, the Unions argue the bigger problem is the health of their members and whether they physically can extend their working lives. ...

No two ways about it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2009
... night after Standard & Poor's warned that it might downgrade the United Kingdom's AAA credit rating because of its widening budget deficit and ballooning national debt. The fear is that the United States could meet with the same fate. Duh! I don't know ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2009
... 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 news, Hutchison Telecommunications ...

Super concession cuts were overdue

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2009
... and investment strategist at AMP Capital, speaking at this morning's Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees post-Budget briefing. Previous budgets handed many benefits to high income earners and this redresses the balance especially in a global ...

Pension age lift under fire

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2009
... complained. But its announcement to marginally lift the pension preservation age is creating a furore. In Tuesday night's Federal Budget, the government confirmed that due to increasing longevity the pension preservation age would progressively lift ...

AMIST offers fee-for-service advice

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2009
The $685 million Australian Meat Industry Superannuation Trust (AMIST) has rolled out a fee-for-service financial advice service to its members. AMIST launched the service in March following increasing member demand for tailored advice and selected ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2009
The Australian share market was more than half a per cent lower at noon, as the markets digested the federal budget handed down on Tuesday night. At 1200 AEST, the S&P/ASX200 index was 34.9 points lower, or by 0.9 per cent, at 3842.3, while the broader ...

Top 10 budget quotes

Financial Standard sifts through a record haul of budget commentary to highlight the industry's thinking on the government's budget announcement last night. "Commonsense has prevailed with the non-concessional contribution cap remaining unchanged." ...

Super escapes budget knives

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2009
Generally positive reactions by wealth managers to the second Rudd-Swan federal budget indicate the industry increasingly knows its place in the political landscape. Driving the mooted reaction is how kind the Treasurer Wayne Swan was to the superannuation ...