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Sovereign wealth funds banking on Aussie innovation

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2015
... capital amounts 0.01% of GDP, yet venture capital backed firms account for 10% of all business research and development expenditure in Australia.

ASIC revenue and investigations decrease in 2015

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2015
... this is due to a proportional decrease in government revenue as well as "a general reduction in staff and supplier expenditure." At the same time, the report cited an 8% increase in fees and charges raised for the Commonwealth compared to the previous ...

Property funds acquire Sydney, Perth property

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2015
... the Lyon Group. Folkeston will be required to commit further funds in FY17 and FY18 to fund its share of development expenditure and settlements. At the same time, Investec Australia Property Fund has made public a $26 million acquisition in one of Perth's ...

Tax conversation in a bubble

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2015
... put, our tax system doesn't bring in enough revenue to pay for all of the services the government provides and with expenditure on areas like health, education, aged care and the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) all expected to increase quickly ...

Janet vindicated

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2015
... vindicated Janet's prudence. Stable inflation. The Fed's favoured measure of inflation, the core personal consumption expenditure (PCE) price index, remained stable. It increased by 1.3% in the year to August, up a bit from 1.2% in the previous month. ...

Seniors weigh in on national tax discussion

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2015
... reality, superannuation is boosting incomes and lifestyle standards in retirement at a relatively low cost to government expenditure. When both super tax concessions and availability of the Age Pension are taken into account, government assistance for ...

Aussie pension policy needs careful adjustment: IMF

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2015
... inconceivable that our public policy measurements do not attempt to capture the value of the reduction of future government expenditure created by the concessions," Slattery said. She said the TES currently uses a comprehensive income tax benchmark that ...

Confused and confounded

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2015
... Fed's success or otherwise to its dual mandate - full employment and stable prices. The core Personal Consumption and Expenditure (PCE) price index - the Fed's favoured inflation measure - is slated for release to tonight. Financial markets expect a ...

The moment of truth cometh

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2015
... piece d' resistance (resistance to a lift-off) is the Fed's favoured measure of inflation -- the personal consumption expenditure (PCE) price index. The core PCE price index continues to trend lower, from around 1.8% in 2012 to 1.5% in 2013- 2014 to ...

Reform summit must keep momentum: ASFA

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2015
... the Age Pension; Australians retiring with an income replacement rate in retirement in excess of 65%; Age Pension expenditure and tax expenditure on super of less than 6% of GDP; and at least 50% of Australians must be able to cover their expenditure ...