Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 3601 - 3610 of 6137 results for "Australians"

MYOB co-founder sells $62m Xero stake for charity

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAY 2017
... Winkler's trust, run alongside his wife Di, focuses on disability, environmental concerns and the welfare of indigenous Australians. Xero chief executive Rod Drury said: "We're proud of Craig's continued support of Xero including as one of our directors ...

TH Real Estate expands Australian operations

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 MAY 2017
Global real estate investment manager TH Real Estate is expanding its Australian footprint by creating a new investment analyst role. Based in Sydney, Lisa Peng joins as an investment analyst responsible for research and financial analysis across the ...

Super reform impacts AMP results

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2017
AMP attributed increased net cash outflows in its first quarter results to Australians readying themselves for incoming superannuation reforms. The institution recorded an 11% increase in wealth management inflows year on year to $6.4 billion, but was ...

Advice associations respond to Federal Budget

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAY 2017
... more affordable, accessing super is not in the national interest. "Our members, who provide advice to millions of Australians, are concerned that changes that reduce retirement savings of future retirees, will only add extra pressure on the age pension," ...

Another Budget, another promised surplus

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAY 2017
... introducing a major bank levy, improving the integrity of GST on property transactions and introducing a Skilling Australians Fund levy" - and increased spending mainly on infrastructure (National Rail), Gonski 2.0 and the NDIS. The combination of which ...

Budget undermining super: Labor

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAY 2017
... budget also failed to address the missing superannuation guarantee payments, stating it's "costing around one in three Australians up to $1500 a year." Labor predicts the new Australian Financial Complaints Authority will only deliver lower protections ...

Financial dispute authorities combined for 'one-stop-shop'

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
... independent review of the External Dispute Resolution framework, led by University of Melbourne law professor Ian Ramsay. "Australians need to be confident that financial services providers - banks, insurers, superannuation funds - will serve their customer's ...

What the 2017 Budget means for you

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
... housing affordability package - from the First Home Super Savers Scheme right through to an initiative encouraging older Australians to free up housing stock by downsizing. The latter would allow those over the age of 65 to make a non-concessional contribution ...

Budget for the wealthy: Labor

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
... touch", as a Labor Budget wouldn't slash school funding, deliver tax cuts for millionaires or raise taxes for working Australians. He added the Budget gives tax breaks to wealthy investors and property speculators, pointing out the huge $50 billion tax ...

Major banks receive Budget shakeup

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
... new tax is a direct attack on jobs and growth, not just a tax on the five largest banks. It is a tax that will hit Australians by hurting investment and could have unintended consequences. This new tax is not a well thought out policy response to a public ...