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Business continues to resist 12pct SG

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2012
... phased in over eight years makes it easier to absorb, likening it to a federal payroll tax. "A progressive increase to a levy does not deal with the fundamental issue that you're increasing a permanent payroll tax on Australia's employers by one-third ...

AustralianSuper talks scale, further growth

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2012
... outcomes for our members and that is purely the basis we go in with," said Curtis. "We could just sit still and let the super levy come in and we are going to get bigger, that's one source of growth, but there are other sources we can pursue." When asked ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2011
... gas (CSG) companies will pay for the Queensland Water Commission (QWC) to manage the state's groundwater supplies with a levy to be introduced in 2012. CANBERRA - Resource giant BP is asking for trouble exploring the pristine Great Australian Bight in ...

Damned to default

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 SEP 2011
... spending on social welfare, education, defense and investments, among others. Who's left to pay the higher VAT, the solidarity levy, the increased property taxes, the luxury levies, etcetera, etcetera. Now, do you still wonder why Greece's budget deficit ...

FPA ad campaign sneak preview released to members

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2011
... financial advisers it gives... a free kick to them," he said. As a result the advertising campaign, which has been paid for by a levy on members, will only benefit FPA members. The FPA has about 8000 members of which 5500 are CFP certified. It has said ...

Politicians spar over future of superannuation guarantee

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2011
... concerned about the adequacy of retirement incomes and hopes to boost the amount in the superannuation pot by an increased levy. The opposition says any increase would affect low- and middle-income earners who could better spend the money on their cost ...

SPAA calls for fraud net to be cast wider

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2011
... Fund Professionals Association has called for greater investor protection against fraudulent investment schemes, proposing a levy on all product providers. SPAA is urging broader reforms around insurance and compensation measures following the recent ...

Astarra director convicted by NSW Supreme Court

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2011
... Astarra Strategic and ARP Growth. Superannuation funds harmed by the Trio scandal received $55 million from a compensation levy on APRA-regulated funds. Self-managed funds, not regulated by APRA or subject to the levy, received nothing. Richard, received ...

Time to call it quits - again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2011
... Overcoming the Euro Crisis". Read it here: http://varoufakis.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/a-modest-proposal-version-2-1-for-the-levy-institute-pdf.pdf And of course, there's also the "Vienna initiative" which Olli Rehn, the EU's economic and monetary ...

All clear for a bail

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2011
... - outright pay reductions of public servants, a freeze in government hiring and for those who still have jobs - a 'crisis levy' on their wages. Yeouch! And yes, there would be a garage sale of Greek assets too. Let's hear a bid for the Parthenon, going ...