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FSC slams insurance duty "boondoggle"

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2015
FSC policy director Andrew Bragg has urged the Council of Australian Governments to reduce or repeal inefficient taxes. Citing the World Economic Forum's Global Competitiveness Report (which singled out Australia's tax system as a drag on competition) ...

UBS small cap SIV fund gets Zenith tick

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2015
... advantage for the Fund," and that "the Fund is one of the very few funds to be declared compliant under the Australian government's Significant Investor Visa guidelines." The fund is managed by the team behind the UBS Microcap and UBS Australian Small ...

Aged care conundrum for superannuation

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2015
... discussion paper on the interaction between super, aged care and health care. The paper says that by 2055, Australian government Aged Care expenditure is projected to rise from 0.9% of GDP in 2014-15 to 1.7% of GDP in 2054-55. Health care costs funded ...

Funds SA chair departs

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2015
The South Australian government will be announcing a new Funds SA chairman within the next month after Helen Nugent announced her departure on Friday. Nugent will step down on 8 December 2015, and after 15 years as chairman of Funds SA. During this ...

International actuaries have consensus on retirement

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2015
... Actuaries Institute of Australia president Estelle Pearson said the paper underlines the significance of the Australian government's response to the Financial System Inquiry (FSI), particularly its commitment to enshrining the objective of the superannuation ...

Government debt is not bad: Sicilia

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2015
... obligation of updating ageing infrastructure on to the next generation. "What the market is saying to the Australian government today is they are prepared to lend to the Australian government at a historically low interest rate of 2.5% for a ten year ...

Super becoming the fifth estate

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2015
... Island facilities. Given the secrecy provisions that cover employees of those facilities and the lengths the Australian government has gone to to dissuade media, human rights groups and politicians from visiting these locations, such a move is nothing ...

Indigenous super on Canberra agenda

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2015
Eliminating excessive red tape between superannuation funds, government agencies and indigenous Australians will be a priority when a working group meets with politicians in Canberra this week. Members of the Indigenous Superannuation Working Group ...

EOFY means new laws and new products

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2015
... today, a new Premium Investor Visa (PIV) requires an investment of $15 million. They are available via an Australian government invite.

New SIV rules target smaller companies boost

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2015
... investment of $15 million and targeting "talented entrepreneurs and innovators." It will be available via an Australian government invite. Federal Trade and Investment Minister, Andrew Robb, said Australian permanent residency is a privilege and believes ...