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Confusion reigns in super and life insurance: CHOICE

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 27 FEB 2017
... and a cooling off period like every other insurance policy in Australia." The committee will report their findings to the Senate before 30 June 2017.

Senate committee files views on super objective

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2017
Merits behind the Superannuation (Objective) Bill may soon be debated in the Senate, following a Senate Economics Legislation Committee report filed on Tuesday. Committee chair, Senator Jane Hume, told Financial Standard that after considering all positions ...

A rate rise on the ides of March?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2017
... interest rates another gentle lift. Rate hike speculations gathered momentum after Fed Chair Janet Yellen testified before the Senate Banking Committee (14 Feb) and the House Financial Services Committee (15 Feb). In her testimony before the Senate ...

Trump matters

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 FEB 2017
... to the Fed's website : "The Chair and Vice Chair of the Board are also appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate, but serve only four-year terms." Much as we'd heart to ignore the man, we cannot. Not while he runs the biggest economy with ...

Landmark advice reforms pass Senate

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2017
The wealth management industry was overwhelming in its support of the Senate passing two significant reforms aimed at strengthening consumer confidence in the financial planning and life insurance sectors. Both pieces of legislation were passed unchallenged ...

House passes professional standards bill

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2017
... advice. The new professional standards regime will commence on 1 January 2019, following successful passage through the Senate. Labor's last minute amendment Prior to passing the House, Shadow Assistant Treasurer Andrew Leigh called on the government ...

Bus operator fails to pay super

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2017
... said. Employers are required to pay 9.5% of an employee's salary into superannuation accounts. The case comes amidst a Senate inquiry in Melbourne over chronic underpayment of super contributions by employers. Industry Super Australia (ISA) accused that ...

One week delivery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2017
... bargain as you could but once the deal is made, you better deliver. Unless they don't cut muster with the US Congress and the Senate, expect Trump to deliver on tax cuts - company and personal - infrastructure spending, restructuring, that "Mexican wall" ...

Industry funds blame ATO for super underpayment

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2017
... compliance measures by the Australian Taxation Office for the chronic underpayment of super contributions by employers. At a Senate inquiry in Melbourne today, Industry Super Australia (ISA) stated the ATO's lack of action will mean workers will retire ...

ASFA slams Grattan as 'out of touch'

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 16 JAN 2017
... as first class and one that is delivering a higher standard of living for retirees," Fahy said. In its submission to the Senate Economics Committee's inquiry into the Superannuation (Objective) Bill 2016, the public policy think tank recommended that ...