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Budget reply: National clearing house, halve the OS withholding tax

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2007
The real Budget presented by Treasurer Peter Costello on Tuesday night largely ignored superannuation and investment, but the make-believe Budget Reply announced by Opposition Leader Kevin Rudd last night had us front and centre. In a speech that started ...

AIST against participating employer rule change

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAY 2007
... employers to sign participation agreements for various commercial reasons." Several superannuation consultants have said that the rule change will boost super choice take-up and will simplify superannuation administration for employers, particularly ...

Super choice Budget boost

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2007
Wealth managers usually complain that Governments change the rules too often and how they should leave the industry alone for a while, and yet after last night's Budget they are complaining there weren't enough changes. Given the industry is still digesting ...

Brumbie: The only Budget numbers that matter

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2007
It's Christmas Eve and by this time tomorrow we'll all know if Santa has given us the present we wanted, but to really make sense of the Budget you need to understand the ground rules. The Budget might look like a financial document because it has numbers ...

It's all about value and risk: Tyndall

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2007
Stock picking opportunities are less apparent in the current market environment, meaning investors should be focusing on finding value and managing risk, according to Tyndall's head of retail, Craig Hobart. Hobart said the current Australian equities ...

Baby boomers not so super informed

Millions of Australians are missing out on the benefits of the new super legislation after a study found that 70 per cent of those who could take advantage of the reforms don't know the new rules exist. Mercer Wealth Solutions conducted a study in March ...

Public equity under pressure

"The issue is not private equity but what's wrong with public equity," said Future Fund chairman, David Murray, as the debate heats up over the long-term impact of private equity takeovers on the publicly listed companies sector. Commenting on the round ...

Fin Synergy upgrades Acurity ahead of D-day

Financial Synergy has released a Simpler Super-friendly version of its flagship administration platform Acurity ahead of the superannuation reforms due to take effect 1 July. "Acurity 7.1 will allow Acurity clients to become fully compliant and up-to-date ...

Tax determination improves income protection

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2007
Under a recent tax determination, income protection offered through super funds can now be extended for two more years for ill health and injury. Tax determination 2007/3 (TD 2007/3) replaces TD98/27 and allows for the extension of insurance coverage ...

Court stops pair posing as bank

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2007
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has obtained court orders to prevent the unauthorised financial business 'The Federal State Bank of Australia' from calling itself or acting like a bank. The supposed "bank" was held up as an institution ...