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Budget for uncertainty

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2015
Yes! This was my jubilant exclamation as I watched the S&P/ASX 200 index started climbing from the get go yesterday. Yup, I expected as much given the good news on or before "Mother's Day" - goldilocks US employment report, clam in the bond markets ...

Super lump sum myth debunked

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2015
... "This analysis suggests that Australians' reliance on lump sums in super is an exaggeration and adds a new dimension to the debate about compelling Australians to take an income stream in retirement."

No changes to neg gearing, super in Budget

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2015
... Fairfax Media. The Prime Minister explained his reasoning saying "the government does not want to kick off the tax reform debate with increasing taxes." But it was his more detailed explanation that indicates his philosophical approach to the issue ...

$1m in super not enough: Cooper

MARK SMITH AND AAP  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2015
Superannuation expert Jeremy Cooper has said that a super balance of $1 million would buy an income stream little greater than the age pension. The chairman of retirement income at Challenger, says a million dollars is always seen as a nice round figure ...

Tax debate highlights need for investments outside super

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2015
The questions raised about tax concessions for superannuation balances in Treasurer Joe Hockey's Tax Discussion Paper highlight the growing need for alternative investment options outside super, according to Centuria Life general manager Neil Rogan. ...

Industry bodies respond to Hockey's tax debate

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 30 MAR 2015
The Financial Services Council, Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia and Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees have responded to some of the questions raised in Treasurer Joe Hockey's Tax Discussion Paper. FSC chief executive Sally ...

Treasury opens discussion on tax reform

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 30 MAR 2015
... the Tax Discussion Paper, raising fundamental questions about the future of Australia's tax system. The paper will open a debate until the 2016 election and will ideally inform the tax policy ideas the Government will propose at that time. It makes particular ...

Degrees don't ensure good financial advice

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2015
... in being told that just because you don't have degree and you're 62. You don't want to leave town, so you then have the debate of whether you're just grandfathering people in to make it easier."

Actuaries Institute demands long term policy focus

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2015
... consumers to bear," Actuaries Institute president Estelle Pearson said. She added, "With a growing community and political debate about superannuation, it is essential that the Government and politicians support the FSI recommendation to enshrine in ...

Turnbull on super and housing debate: "a thoroughly bad idea"

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2015
... whole". Hockey responded to Turnbull's comments on housing and superannuation at the ABC Lateline program: "We wanted a debate about this. There's a difference of views, of course there is," he said. He acknowledged that there are "lots of arguments ...