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Falling interest rates undermine seniors' confidence

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2013
... lowest level ever, while Victoria and Western Australia also slipped. "Optimism hit rock bottom after the May 2012 Federal Budget but made a reasonable comeback over the following months," said Allianz Australia managing director, Niran Peiris. "However ...

Market Wrap - AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2012
... Ordinaries index up 1.1 point at 4,592.9 points. Wall Street stocks slipped after more signs of tension emerged from federal budget talks in Washington. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 74.73 points, or 0.56 per cent, to 13,170.72. The Standard ...

Ex-Macq banker to head up Govt clean energy fund

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 26 NOV 2012
... technologies in Australia. It will make its own investment decisions and operate with little assistance from the Federal Budget, the CFEC said. The management team led by Yates will be in charge of acting on the board's investment decisions. He has 20 ...

Political punch trading greatest risk to US economy

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2012
... stronger growth than the last. The major problem facing the President-elect is just how to tackle the $1.1 trillion federal budget deficit and the looming spending cuts and tax hikes threatening to push the US back into recession. "These changes are ...

Plug the $1 trillion savings shortfall: FSC

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2012
... an upcoming round table on superannuation, announced in January, to prevent this savings deficit impacting the federal budget. He said this outcome will force retirees to depend on the Age Pension at a stage in their retirement when they may be faced ...

Midwinter empowers adviser software

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAY 2012
Midwinter has implemented changes announced in the 2012 May Federal Budget in its Reasonable Basis advice modelling software, allowing advisers to alter tax settings. "It is a difficult time for financial planners due to the large amount of uncertainty ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2012
... Australian shares opened lower after falls on Wall Street and the absence of an expected company tax reduction in the federal budget. At 1022 AEST on Wednesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 21.2 points, or 0.49 per cent, at 4,352.7 points ...

Budget move to take superannuation 'back to the future'

RACHEL DAVIS  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2012
... Possible changes to the tax treatment of superannuation for high-income earners, likely to be included in tonight's federal budget, are taking Australia 'back to the future' according to Towers Watson. Andrew Boal, Managing Director for Towers Watson ...

Stay or stay away this May

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2012
... self-congratulatory statement that the rate cut "was made possible by the government's determination to return the federal budget to surplus" (AFR) and not the weakness in the non-resource sector of the economy and below target inflation. If that's the ...

Super tax concessions in spotlight

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2012
... according to a joint statement issued by Treasurer Swan and Minister Shorten. Savings to offset any cost to the federal budget of the additional concessions would however need to come from within the superannuation system, according to the statement. ...