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Land tax favourable over stamp duty: Survey

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2020
... "In an ideal market, you buy when you can afford to and you sell when you want to. Stamp duty forces first-time buyers to save up for longer, and prevents current owners from upselling." Cooke said removing stamp duty may result in a short-term boost ...

SMSF fraudster sentenced

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2020
Craig Gore was sentenced to five years' imprisonment with a non-parole period of two years on six counts of fraud involving $345,000. Gore was initially arrested on 14 April 2017 after being charged with fraud relating to obtaining funds from self-managed ...

JobKeeper saved 700,000 jobs: RBA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2020
One in five Australians who received the JobKeeper payment would not have stayed employed this year without it, according to a research paper from the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA). The Morrison government announced a series of fiscal measures at ...

Super tax structure less progressive: RIR

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2020
... less progressive than the individual income tax system. The review noted that most people pay less tax when they chose to save through their superannuation compared with other savings vehicles. "This is because, even after the reforms of the last 10 ...

Chief economist update: Australian wages slow but still grow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2020
... indicating that more respondents expect higher unemployment. Consumers expecting job losses would go slow on shopping and save before slow wages growth become nil wages.

Hume scrutinises super fund spend

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2020
... introduced in 2017. Hume went on to highlight the benefits of the upcoming Your Future, Your Super reforms, which is estimated to save members $17.9 billion over 10 years. "It is a package that will encourage competition between funds, remove unnecessary ...

Aware Super backs electricity transition

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2020
... well as support 6300 construction and 2800 ongoing jobs mostly across regional NSW. The average household should be able to save around $130 per year on electricity bills, while small businesses will save about $430 per year between 2023 and 2040. Earlier ...

LGIAsuper alters asset allocations

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2020
... working the assets harder, increasing the flexibility of the investment program and cutting investment fees, as every dollar we save in fees flows straight to members," Rieck said.

Chief economist update: Biden cooks Donald's duck

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2020
... family's health care. The battle to achieve racial justice and root out systemic racism in this country. The battle to save the climate. The battle to restore decency, defend democracy and give everybody in this country a fair shot," he said. "Our ...

AMP Capital bids farewell to active ETFs

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2020
... assets at February end. Six were converted to units in unlisted funds while three were wound up. In July, Pinnacle delisted SAVE, and Z3RO pitched as first ETF in Australia to charge no performance or management fees, after about a year on the exchange. ...