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K2 slashes fees for three funds

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2017
Following a round of fee reductions from Vanguard and Platinum Asset Management, K2 Asset Management will cut management and performance fees for three of its managed funds. For the K2 Australian Fund, the management fee will fall from 1.54% to 1.31%. ...

First home buyers: Devil is in the detail for super funds

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2017
Asset consultants and industry associations alike are applauding the introduction of the First Home Super Savers Scheme which they say will help young people to get a foothold in the property market. The scheme, announced as part of the Federal Budget ...

LRBA loophole for SMSFs removed

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2017
Self-managed superannuation funds will be prevented from circumventing contributions caps through the use of limited recourse borrowing arrangements under new Budget measures. Announced in the Federal Budget this week, from 1 July 2017, the outstanding ...

Government trials social impact investments

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2017
The Federal Government is pledging more than $30 million in social impact investments aiming to combat social and environmental issues, starting with youth homelessness. Treasurer Scott Morrison revealed in Tuesday's Budget his intentions to source ...

Super reform impacts AMP results

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2017
AMP attributed increased net cash outflows in its first quarter results to Australians readying themselves for incoming superannuation reforms. The institution recorded an 11% increase in wealth management inflows year on year to $6.4 billion, but was ...

Advice associations respond to Federal Budget

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAY 2017
In the wake of new Budget measures to ease pressures on housing affordability, the Financial Planning Association of Australia reinforced its stance that superannuation should not be made accessible to first home buyers. Under proposals made in the ...

Financial dispute authorities combined for 'one-stop-shop'

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
Three separate financial services dispute resolution services will be combined and replaced by a 'one-stop-shop' to establish a simpler, more accessible and more affordable process for consumers. The Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) ...

Tax relief for merging super funds extended

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
Tax relief for merging superannuation funds will be extended until 1 July 2020 in an effort to minimise barriers to sector consolidation. As announced in this years' Federal Budget, relief will be available to superannuation funds to transfer capital ...

Tax breaks delivered to first home buyers

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
First home buyers will be given greater opportunities to own their own home under a new savings plan in the 2017 Federal Budget. From 1 July 2017, first home buyers will be allowed to make voluntary contributions of up to $15,000 per year and $30,000 ...

Budget for the wealthy: Labor

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
Opposition leader Bill Shorten is rejecting claims Treasurer Scott Morrison's 2017-18 Budget is anything like a 'Labor Budget.' Shorten went on Twitter to say the Coalition's budget is "out of touch", as a Labor Budget wouldn't slash school funding ...