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Potential budget super alterations welcome

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2016
... face tax hikes of up to $500 a year on their super contributions from July next year with the abolition of the LISC. On Friday a Senate report looking into economic security for women in retirement recommended the federal government retain the LISC beyond ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2016
... but more than market expectations for a 195,000 increase. The official non-farm payrolls report for March is due out this Friday with consensus expecting a 210,000 addition to payrolls, the unemployment rate steady at 4.9% and average hourly earnings ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2016
... the previous month, expectations over the next six months improved to 84.7 from 79.9 in February. Indications ahead of Friday night's US non-farm payrolls report are mixed with 25.4% of respondents reporting jobs "plentiful" in March (up from 22.8 in ...

Labor will announce retirement income priorities

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2016
... giving people time to evaluate each party's direction. Speaking at the Conference of Major Superannuation Funds (CMSF) on Friday, Chalmers' comments were made prior to today's announcement by Malcolm Turnbull that the budget will be brought forward one ...

We've got the power and firepower (still)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2016
... Central Bank's (ECB) announcement of more stimulus measures, this proved temporary with the Euro Stoxx 50 surging by 3.5% on Friday last week, taking its weekly gain up by 1.2% over the week (though it remains 5.9% below its 2016 starting level). Another ...

Australia aims to be APAC fintech leader

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 29 FEB 2016
... objective of making Australia the leading market for fintech innovation and investment in Asia by 2017," Morrison said on Friday. "Consumers in Asia have been amongst the fastest to adopt innovative financial services...with investment quadrupling to ...

New CEO at Board of Taxation

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 29 FEB 2016
... secretariat as well as all communication with industry stakeholders. Secretary to the Treasury, John Fraser, announced on Friday that Karen Payne will be the Board of Taxation's new chief executive from 31 March 2016. Payne has more than 20 years' experience ...

More negatives

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2016
... Nikkei-225 index soared by 7.2% at the end of yesterday's trade. It even gapped at the open, trading 2% higher from last Friday's closing level. The weekend rally in US and European equities at the end of last week's trading provided the initial support. ...

Treasury revises cost of super tax concessions

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2016
... about $4 billion according to the latest Treasury figures. Treasury released its 2015 Tax Expenditures Statement (TES) on Friday and showed its figure for super tax concessions, on a tax foregone basis, is now estimated at $29.8 billion for 2015-16. ...

AustralianSuper makes major play for King's Cross

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2016
... King's Cross development, increasing its stake from 25% to 67.5% in less than 12 months. The UK government announced on Friday it had sold its 36.5% portion of the project to Australia's largest superannuation fund for £371 million ($755 million). The ...