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ISA slams ANU research as SG debate rears its head again

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2020
... with no "one-size-fits-all" answer to a problem which has plagued the industry for as long as it's existed. "A single SG rate is a blunt instrument being applied against a background of significant member heterogeneity, along with a marked sensitivity ...

Flaws in Grattan SG research: Report

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2019
... grow more slowly. This indicates a slight positive correlation between wages growth and changes in employers' minimum SG rate," the report said. The research concludes that winding back SG increases is not a fix to Australia's languishing wage ...

Super debate too one dimensional: Rice Warner

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2019
... point in time. "Unfortunately, most of the public discourse tends to focus on single issues at a point in time. Should the SG rate go to 12%? Is the means test a disincentive to save? Do tax concessions reduce the cost of the Age Pension? Will adequate ...

Labor commits $400m to gender super gap

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 SEP 2018
... top-up for some low balance accounts; and the alignment of the Low Income Superannuation Tax Offset with scheduled (2021) SG rate and second tax threshold increases, ISA added.

ESG bond portfolio opens to Aussie investors

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 7 AUG 2018
A Scottish manager is offering a new ESG fixed income fund to institutional investors in Australia, beginning with $135 million in assets under management. The Cameron Hume Global Fixed Income ESG Fund will hold securities from issuers that the specialist ...

What the associations want from Budget 2018

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
When the clock strikes half past seven and Treasurer Scott Morrison starts to read his speech, here is what Australia's major financial services associations will be hoping for. Financial Planning Association (FPA) In a 45-page pre-budget submission ...

Increasing SG is not the answer: O'Dwyer

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2018
... would it be right to think that the super-guarantee particularly benefits low income earners. Far from it," she said. The SG rate is fixed at 9.5% until 1 July 2021, but is set to increase to 12% from 1 July 2025. O'Dwyer said bumping up the SG from ...

Younger generations gaining super ground

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 7 NOV 2017
... progressively retire and stop making contributions too. The current millennials are also the first of the groups to have the full SG rate of 9.5% flow through in contributions in their working life. In 1994, when Millennials started working, the SG was ...

Rice Warner puts its case for budget changes

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2016
... for concessional contributions. The firm adds if both the 2015 and 2016 initiatives were passed, it will still allow the SG rate to rise from 9.5% to 12% "without becoming an undue fiscal burden." "This rise is necessary to ensure more Australians become ...

Abbott's SG claim incorrect, survey finds

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2014
... own interests." "It also further highlights what a disappointment this week's announcement of the seven-year delay to SG rate increase could be for many Australians." The survey also found that 77% of businesses plan to reinvest the money they would ...