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Government promises transparent financial services regulation

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2024
... the banking, credit, insurance, superannuation, investment, payments, and capital market entities. ASIC, APRA, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA), and Australian Taxation Office (ATO) will all be ...

Government to pay super on paid parental leave

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2024
... scheme will include Superannuation Guarantee contributions from next year. In a major win for the super industry and Australian women, 12% superannuation contributions will be made by the government alongside parental leave payments, effective 1 July ...

Major decline in group insurance coverage: ASFA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 FEB 2024
... unnecessary fees and insurance costs. It introduced fee adjustments, moved inactive accounts with low balances to the Australian Taxation Office, and required the cancellation of insurance on inactive accounts not receiving contributions for 16 months. ...

Super tax is a 'wealth tax': Taylor

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2024
... than a public servant, a judge, a politician, including, might I say, the prime minister himself and the secretary of treasury," Taylor said. "For those lucky enough to have a defined benefit scheme, they will enjoy deferred payments and rates of tax ...

Aussies want control of nest eggs: FSC

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2024
... seek advice on retirement products, while 62% of these will seek this advice from a financial adviser. Briggs said that treasury should be careful not to default superannuation members into government-designed retirement products as 40% of participants ...

AMP chair steps down

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 FEB 2024
... Corporation of Victoria, Persol Australia Holdings, and the Australia-Japan Foundation, and previously served on the board of Australian Financial Markets Association. "During my tenure as chair, AMP has undergone a significant transformation to set ...

AustralianSuper calls for an 'account for life'

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 12 FEB 2024
AustralianSuper has urged for an 'account for life' superannuation reform to Treasury, in a bid to deliver a visionary retirement system. The super fund also advocated for the automation of Age Pension applications, a move that would enable an integration ...

Treasury details winners from tax concessions on super contributions

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 1 FEB 2024
... concessional rates, significantly favour those with high incomes, in its Tax Expenditures and Insights Statement. As per the Australian Taxation Office's (ATO) latest statistics, there is a pronounced disparity in the distribution of tax benefits ...

Treasury unveils Stage 3 tax cuts changes

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2024
... However, the Stage 3 tax cuts were designed and legislated before the increase in cost-of-living pressures faced by Australian households emerged." H&R Block Australia director of tax communications Mark Chapman said: "The heavy weighting of the original ...

Government proposes framework for clearing and settlement services regulation

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JAN 2024
... services through a ministerial declaration. The instrument is designed to consider the impact of these regulations on the Australian economy, the integrity and stability of the financial system, and the competitive landscape of CS services. It mandates ...