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Punitive excess contributions tax removed

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2015
The bill to remove the punitive tax rates on excess non-concessional contributions made to superannuation funds has passed through the Senate. Assistant Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has said the Tax and Superannuation Laws Amendment (2014 Measures No.7) ...

401(k) plans to reach $6trn by 2018

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2015
Total private defined contribution (DC) assets in the US are expected to surpass $6 trillion in 2018, according to new research from global analytics firm Cerulli Associates. "Our projections indicate that, by the end of the decade, total private DC ...

Support for FICAP RockStar event swells

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2015
... Henderson Global Investors, Hub24, Ironbark, KPMG, Macquarie, Magellan, Man Investments, MLC, nabInvest, Partners Group, RARE Infrastructure, Robeco, Spire Capital and State Street Global Advisors. Access to the event is open only to sponsors and their ...

Arthur's back. Wait, no he's not

COLIN BRINSDEN, AAP ECONOMICS CORRESPONDENT  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2014
... improved register for the beleaguered practitioners was marred by an embarrassing blunder. Treasury was forced to issue a rare apology after mistakenly making the announcement under the name of suspended frontbencher Arthur Sinodinos, suggesting he had ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 29 SEP 2014
... with BHP Billiton off 20 cents at $33.96, Rio Tinto down 43 cents at $59.68 and Fortescue Metals seven cents lower at $3.47. Rare earths miner Lynas was 2.55 cents lower at $8.95 as it moved to raise $83 million from investors in an effort to shore up ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2014
... at $60.74 and Fortescue Metals up five cents at $3.71, while BHP Billiton fell 36 cents to $34.59. In other news, troubled rare earths miner Lynas Corporation has placed its shares in a trading halt as it prepares to reveal details of a new funding d ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2014
... trading through the market can lead to increased volatility," CMC Markets equities dealer Chay Flack said. Retailers were a rare source of gains, after new data showed retail spending rose 0.4 per cent in July, in line with expectations. JB Hi-Fi was ...

RARE joins Calastone network

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2014
RARE Infrastructure is the latest fund manager to join the Calastone fund network. Calastone specialises in automating manual processes for the managed fund and superannuation sectors. Previously, platforms and funds communicated by fax machine, with ...

No drama at the RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2014
... columnist, William Pesek, came close - "Stevens, though, is perilously close to making the kind of policy mistake that's been so rare at the RBA"). No siree... not me. I heart Gov Glenn and his Board. But more than my amore for the RBA, the fact is that ...

Easy money to fill in the slack at the Hole

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 AUG 2014
Raise your hands all ye who thinks that their economy is growing above and beyond potential, that there's no slack in their nations' respective labour markets or that their labour force is not "under-utilised", and that it's time... to normalise interest ...