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Australian IPOs beat US

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2015
... overshadowed by other concerns such as tax," he said. "We will be conducting more studies of this type to help inform the debate as the new leadership review our competitiveness across this and other areas."

FSI response fans default super flames

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2015
... switch to a retail MySuper default product. The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia provided balance to the debate. The industry body's chief executive Pauline Vamos said: "Choice and selection of default superannuation funds is a complex ...

Bowen draws red line on default fund choice

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2015
... want to work with the government, and there are some areas of disagreement where we will hold our views and we will hold a debate with the government."

OPINION: What to do with the Tax White Paper!

ANDREW BRAGG, DIRECTOR OF POLICY, FINANCIAL SERVICES COUNCIL  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2015
... election. The TWP should be rebooted to seek a mandate at the 2016 election. There is enough time to carry a community debate and a reform package. The new Treasurer, Scott Morrison indicated he was thinking carefully about it on 28 September: "There ...

Government using super as "petri dish": Labor

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2015
... federal government sees superannuation as "some kind of petri dish for one ideological experiment after another" during a debate in federal parliament yesterday. The superannuation trustee governance bill won't be debated until next week but the newly ...

Tax conversation in a bubble

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2015
Tax accounting firm H&R Block has weighed in on the national tax debate, suggesting there is a danger the conversation is being held in a bubble between "pontificating politicians, policy nerds, lobby groups, academics and media types." H&R Block director ...

Super and TPD definitions in the spotlight

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2015
Debate around definitions for total and permanent disability (TPD) insurance claims through superannuation funds has again come under the spotlight. Speaking at an Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) event in Sydney this morning ...

Seniors weigh in on national tax discussion

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2015
National Seniors chief executive Michael O'Neill believes that under new Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull the debate over older Australians should shift from cost to contribution. Alongside 11 representatives from organisations across Australia, O'Neill ...

Aussie pension policy needs careful adjustment: IMF

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2015
... for a "sound method" of assessing tax concessions' total impact, which would allow for a "better informed public policy debate about our retirement income system." SMSF Association chief executive Andrea Slattery said the association believes that the ...

QSuper investment philosophy revealed

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2015
The investment philosophy at QSuper is being continually debated but the fund's strategy has performed "as hoped for", producing stable returns despite random outcomes of markets. QSuper repositioned its investment strategy over the past six years post ...