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India's upside risks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 OCT 2017
... central bank noted some upside risks to its baseline outlook: "household consumption demand may get a boost from upward salary and allowances revisions by states" and "firms expect a significant improvement in business sentiment in Q3." Indications provided ...

Advice industry wasting potential on old models

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 SEP 2017
... planners must act now, he added. Many financial planning and accounting practice owners are satisfied with simply earning a salary and ignore "very real long-term advantages" derived from operating a proper business model. Another pitfall occurs when ...

Xenophon team introduce unpaid super Bill

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 11 SEP 2017
... $450 in a calendar month will be removed, along with the current loophole that allows employers to claim contributions via salary-sacrifice. The Bill also proposed "removing restrictions on choice of superannuation fund, as effected via certain agreements ...

Labor takes aim at executive pay

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 SEP 2017
... release detailed executive remuneration in their annual reports. Other Commonwealth entities would be required to publish salary bands and the number of executives in each band. According to Shadow Minister for Finance Jim Chalmers, Labor's view is consistent ...

Intervention from trustees can address unpaid super: IFS

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 SEP 2017
... business, increased super fund reporting, and legislation to close a legal loophole that currently results in workers who salary sacrifice, missing out on their full super guarantee entitlement. Since IFS operation was established in October 1991, the ...

Experienced executives chasing fintechs, start-ups

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 31 AUG 2017
... structured. This is the view of digital, sales and marketing recruitment firm Perceptor. In its latest market trends and salary review, Perceptor said 2017 was a year where financial services candidates looked at leaving bigger organisations to join ...

Government funds ATO superannuation taskforce

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 29 AUG 2017
... legislation already announced to close a legal loophole used by unscrupulous employers to short-change employees who make salary-sacrifice contributions to their superannuation. The package reflects key recommendations in the final report of the SG Cross-Agency ...

Super FUM up 10pct to $2.3tn

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2017
... contributions skyrocketed 45% compared to employer-paid contributions that increased only 3.5%. Superannuation guarantee and salary sacrifice contributions meanwhile increased 6.5% and 7% respectively. Benefit payments increased 15% to $74.5 billion ...

Government cracks down on salary sacrifice loophole

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUL 2017
... Federal Government will take action to close a loophole that allowed employers to short-change employees who chose to make salary sacrifice contributions to their superannuation accounts. The move follows the release of a Superannuation Guarantee Cross-Agency ...

Females dominating non-concessional contributions

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUN 2017
... typically more likely to make additional contributions as they're nearing retirement and are probably earning a higher salary with greater capacity to save as they're unlikely to have dependents, Murphy added. Sunsuper executive general manager, customer ...