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Budget tightening to hit IMR

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2012
... Rob Heferen at the Senate Standing Committee on Economics yesterday. When asked about recommendations made in the Johnson Report into Australia as a Financial Centre released in January 2010, Heferen commented on the changed thinking with regard to revenue ...

Govt releases final issue of investment manager regime

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2011
... July 1 2011, this third element has been the subject of a Board of Taxation review. A key recommendation of the Johnson Report, the move had been welcomed by industry associations. Martin Codina, director of policy at the Financial Services Council (FSC) ...

Chi-X and ASX go head to head

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 31 OCT 2011
... Minister Bill Shorten in a joint statement. "The launch of an alternative exchange was a key recommendation of the Johnson report, which encouraged competitive, efficient and innovative equity markets." The government said Chi-X would benefit mum and ...

Tax reforms bolster local funds management

MEDIA RELEASES  |  THURSDAY, 20 JAN 2011
... practice, such as the United Kingdom's Investment Manager Exemption. The new regime addresses a key finding of the Johnson Report - that the tax law discouraged the use of Australian based investment advisers. Currently, Australia's taxing rules not ...

Johnson Report holds key to competition

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 28 OCT 2010
The most significant recommendation from the four major reviews in financial services comes from the Johnson Report to reduce interest withholding tax, which could place Australia at the top of the global competition ranks, research shows. More than ...

Lower tax rate opens local property to foreign investors

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 21 OCT 2010
... readily available before as the 30 per cent rate was deemed too expensive. The changes, recommended by both the Johnson Report and the Henry Tax Review, will come into effect from the 2013-14 income year and were made in a bid to support banking competition ...

Fin centre plans hang in the balance: Bowen

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 12 AUG 2010
... impact on the fiscal balance, as much as $24.1 million over the next four years, according to the Opposition. The Johnson Report, a major report commissioned by the FSC into Australia becoming a financial services centre, found that reducing withholding ...

Govt to inject $25m into 'best practice' regulation

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAY 2010
... to make Australia the Asia Pacific region's financial services hub. As part of that plan, and in response to the Johnson Report, he said the government will build a new centre, called the Centre for International Finance and Regulation, designed to offer ...

Johnson Report maps out new world order

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2010
... management industry. The Australian Financial Centre Forum's report on Australia as a Financial Centre, also called the Johnson Report, was commissioned in September 2008 and released today. Among the recommendations is the creation of the Investment ...

Positive surprise beats Meredith's surprise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2009
And it's off...and they're running. The second quarter US earnings reporting season is off...and so far, company results are running ahead of expectations. Wall Street continued to travel night while we were sleeping. The S&P 500 closed 0.5 per cent ...
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