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Spring FG wealth GM departs in management restructure

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 6 FEB 2018
... advice during FY2017." "These external factors included changes to superannuation rules, the threat of changes to negative gearing and APRA policy moves rein in residential property lending, in particular relating to the SMSF market. These factors restricted ...

Broker popularity on the rise: Research

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 26 OCT 2017
... believing it is a good time to invest. Only 14% have put plans to invest on hold in the wake of proposals to ban negative gearing and reduce capital gains tax exemptions. "The optimism is consistent with the fact that investors focus on the long-term ...

Rethink the great Australian dream: Report

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 AUG 2017
... Maddock urged policy makers and commentators to look beyond the "often debated" topics of foreign investment, negative gearing and interest rates, to greater issues of the current structure of land supply, which he says may inadvertently make it in develops ...

Crisis emerging in Australian retirement system: HILDA

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 3 AUG 2017
... Wilkins is calling for new policies to be considered, including reducing tax concessions on superannuation and negative gearing, and including the family home in the assets test for the aged pension. "These aren't politically easy policy solutions because ...

Budget undermining super: Labor

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAY 2017
... retirement - not for housing. "[The housing policy announced] was pitifully inadequate because it didn't deal with negative gearing or capital gains. Those are the big tax breaks for wealthy investors, which make it so hard for first-home owners to get ...

Terrible tax policies of the last 25 years

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
... residential, but we certainly could have done without it," he said. The decision to reverse the abolition of negative gearing for property investors - Hawke/Keating, 1987 In 1985, then-treasurer Paul Keating abolished negative gearing for all future ...

Treasurer opens the way for increased infrastructure spending

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 28 APR 2017
... market, that they must take care not to overact. "The Labor Party has proposed dangerous and dramatic changes on negative gearing with no thought or appreciation of the consequences," Morrison said. "Unlike regulatory measures which can be quickly recalibrated ...

Negative gearing exposing Australia's poor: KPMG

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2017
KPMG warns any increase in Australia's historically low interest rates would cause serious economic problems and affect households across the entire financial spectrum, from rich to poor. The industry consultant said one of its biggest concerns is that ...

Housing affordability threatens super's future

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAR 2017
... rental dwellings. Additionally, Eslake called on governments to reduce the capital gains discount and the rate of negative gearing, noting that among the many factors present in the rise of house prices is the increasing presence of investors in the ...

SMSF investors not all in property

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2016
... six to 12 months. In addition the survey found 72% of investors are not worried about the potential removal of negative gearing and only 2% think the currently available negative gearing concessions are the key attraction of real estate investment. Only ...