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Next wave of super legislation rolls in

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 SEP 2016
Attempting to keep superannuation reforms on the move, Treasurer Scott Morrison released more draft legislation yesterday. Among the second tranche of legislation are plans to implement the $1.6 million transfer balance cap, limiting the amount an individual ...

AustralianSuper and IFM seek energy asset

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 26 SEP 2016
... services and job losses. ETU secretary Steve Butler said the unsolicited offer came a month after Federal Treasurer Scott Morrison blocked a similar sale of the company, citing national security concerns. "The Federal Government has been advised that ...

ASIC investigating ASX outage

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2016
Federal Treasurer Scott Morrison has confirmed that ASIC is investigating September 19's significant disruption to ASX trading. The ASX has blamed the outage, which was the longest in five years, on a "hardware failure" though no other details were ...

Advisers welcome super changes but need stability

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2016
... the $500,000 non-concessional cap but argue changes to the system need to stop. Announced yesterday, Treasurer Scott Morrison said the government will replace the proposed $500,000 cap with a new measure to reduce the existing annual non-concessional ...

$500,000 non-concessional cap scratched

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2016
... on superannuation to drop the $500,000 lifetime non-concessional cap and alter several other policies. Treasurer Scott Morrison announced the changes this morning and said the government will replace the $500,000 proposal with a new measure to reduce ...

CSC and Infratil make another co-investment

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2016
... fills existing capacity within its facilities. The CDC investment will be managed by investment management firm H.R.L Morrison & Co on behalf of Infratil and Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation, who both have 50/50 governance rights. This is the ...

Government releases draft super reforms

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2016
... proposed superannuation reforms. Describing the reforms as "fairer, more flexible and more sustainable," Treasurer Scott Morrison argued that "the majority of Australians" will either be "better off or unaffected." The first tranche of legislation enshrines ...

Parliament goes to war on super

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2016
... people aged 65 to 74, and allowing tax deductions for personal superannuation contributions. Federal Treasurer Scott Morrison rejected Labor's policy and said "their changes are more suited to the economy of the 1970's than a 21st Century economy where ...

Treasurer flags super cap exemptions

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2016
Treasurer Scott Morrison has flagged that lottery wins and inheritances are unlikely to be included as exemptions around the $500,000 cap on post-tax superannuation contributions. Speaking with Sky News yesterday, Morrison said although inheritances ...

ABA denies precedent for matching RBA cash rates

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2016
... clearly to the Australian people and their customers why they have not done so." Subsequently, Turnbull and Treasurer Scott Morrison proposed an annual meeting with the big four banks at a House of Representatives standing committee on economics where ...