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Wayne the nation builder

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2008
... build and maintain between 2009-12. The Treasurer also announced the introduction of an improved model for the First Home Saver Accounts which will now attract a government contribution of 17 per cent while earnings will be concessionally taxed at just ...

2020 Summit push for life long accounts

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 22 APR 2008
... de-accumulation income stream products and is soon to move to offer parallel savings schemes for non-super in the form of first home saver accounts (FHSA). Off the back of FHSA it should only be a short time before the concept expands to cover education ...

When good housing news is bad

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2008
... effectively lost. Indeed it kills any hope a young person may have had to even use the Rudd government's new First Home Saver Accounts to help them get into the market as these are only intended to help people save just a few thousand a year. No wonder ...

Better FHSAs needed for buyers

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2008
Superannuation industry bodies AIST, ISN and IFF have banded together to propose measures tailoring First Home Saver Accounts to better aid struggling first home buyers. Fiona Reynolds, chief executive of AIST, said the scheme should be structured in ...

ASIC zones in on accountants pushing SMSFs

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2008
... the accountant exemption law. In other news, DuPre said the Financial Services Working Group would roll out the First Home Saver Accounts by July this year and would develop a four-page superannuation product disclosure statement (PDS) by the end of ...

Good governance pays 18pc more

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2008
UK companies with exceptional corporate governance records generate returns 18 per cent higher than those with poor records, according to the Association of British Insurers (ABI). The study analysed 654 UK FTSE All-Share companies over four years to ...

FHSA tops govt agenda

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2008
... Working Group has tabled its first session to discuss the development of a short form disclosure document for the First Home Saver Account. "By focusing its initial work on the First Home Saver Account, we are taking steps to make sure this important ...

Chasing the deposit dollar

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2008
... Australian dollar more actively than our own banks, offering superior rates. The Scottish-owned BankWest account TeleNet Saver 12 month introductory rate is 7.5 per cent, with the Dutch RaboBank online RaboPlus account offering 7.15 per cent and the ...

Fresh directions for super: ASFA

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2008
... spearheading talks on superannuation advice, governance around self-managed super funds (SMSFs), and the development of first home saver accounts, among others. "We've been working with ASIC on affordable, adequate and available advice [for quite some ...

Tax reforms boost capacity, not inflationary

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2008
... improvement in the productive capacity of the economy in the years ahead." The Treasurer also highlighted how the new First Home Saver accounts will boost savings even though their impact is expected to be minimal in the short term.