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Major advice firm endorses first home super saver scheme

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 AUG 2017
A prominent financial advisory firm is backing the Federal Government's First Home Super Saver Scheme even though it has received backlash from superannuation industry bodies. Dixon Advisory believes the latest draft legislation proposes more flexibility ...

First home super scheme may not make it to parliament in 2018

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 8 AUG 2017
... which provides updates to existing legislation for Commonwealth employees, judges and parliamentarians. The First Home Super Saver Scheme (FHSSS), residential downsizing incentives, closing of the superannuation guarantee loophole, and the expansion ...

First home buyers: Devil is in the detail for super funds

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2017
Asset consultants and industry associations alike are applauding the introduction of the First Home Super Savers Scheme which they say will help young people to get a foothold in the property market. The scheme, announced as part of the Federal Budget ...

Advice associations respond to Federal Budget

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAY 2017
... delivering more supply to the residential property market," Kewin said. Kewin said strategy around the First Home Super Saver Scheme must be well considered. "This comes with quite a marked change in the required investment approach, with a 'dual' investment ...

Budget undermining super: Labor

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAY 2017
... said in a joint statement the Turnbull government is "encouraging a raid on superannuation savings." "The first home super saver scheme will do nothing to address housing affordability but will work to undermine Australia's world-class superannuation ...

What the 2017 Budget means for you

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
The entire wealth management and financial services sector will be impacted by the 2017 Federal Budget, a document that's received mixed reviews and needs caution in its digestion. Financial advisers will face several challenges as they attempt to navigate ...

Gender super gap widest for women at lower income levels

WHITNEY FITZSIMMONS  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2016
New data from the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) shows the retirement savings gender gap is highest for women who work part-time and are in the bottom two tax brackets. The gap in super savings is most severe for females on lower taxable incomes ...

Brumbie: Super idea, super silly reaction

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2014
Here we go again; a parliamentarian proposes a policy response to housing affordability involving superannuation and trade-side interest groups circle the wagons, warning of capital market calamity. Triggering this latest ruckus is that at end July ...

Govt to pay interest on lost Super funds

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2012
The government has taken steps to ease the corrosive impact of fees and inflation on funds left in forgotten super accounts with new measures announced in its mid-year Budget update. The government has raised the threshold below which funds in inactive ...
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