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Major decline in group insurance coverage: ASFA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 FEB 2024
... required the cancellation of insurance on inactive accounts not receiving contributions for 16 months. Following this, the Treasury Laws Amendment (Putting Members' Interests First) Act 2019 (PMIF) further mandated that Registered Superannuation ...

Super tax is a 'wealth tax': Taylor

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2024
... than a public servant, a judge, a politician, including, might I say, the prime minister himself and the secretary of treasury," Taylor said. "For those lucky enough to have a defined benefit scheme, they will enjoy deferred payments and rates of tax ...

Teals will push for super tax indexation: Burgess

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2024
... with certain Teal independents who had been "very supportive and sympathetic" to its advocacy efforts in opposing the Treasury Laws Amendment (Better Targeted Superannuation Concessions and Other Measures) Bill. The Bill, introduced into parliament last ...

Aussies want control of nest eggs: FSC

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2024
... seek advice on retirement products, while 62% of these will seek this advice from a financial adviser. Briggs said that treasury should be careful not to default superannuation members into government-designed retirement products as 40% of participants ...

AMP chair steps down

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 FEB 2024
... executive of Mizuho Bank in Australia and Commonwealth Bank in Japan. She is currently a non-executive director for the Treasury Corporation of Victoria, Persol Australia Holdings, and the Australia-Japan Foundation, and previously served on the board ...

AustralianSuper calls for an 'account for life'

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 12 FEB 2024
AustralianSuper has urged for an 'account for life' superannuation reform to Treasury, in a bid to deliver a visionary retirement system. The super fund also advocated for the automation of Age Pension applications, a move that would enable an integration ...

Treasury details winners from tax concessions on super contributions

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 1 FEB 2024
Treasury analysis shows superannuation contributions in Australia, taxed at concessional rates, significantly favour those with high incomes, in its Tax Expenditures and Insights Statement. As per the Australian Taxation Office's (ATO) latest statistics ...

Treasury promises flexibility to adviser qualifications

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JAN 2024
... are promised "greater flexibility" in gaining educational and training qualifications under new amendments proposed by Treasury. Yesterday, assistant treasurer Stephen Jones launched a consultation to update how advisers can demonstrate they satisfy ...

Treasury unveils Stage 3 tax cuts changes

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2024
... amendments to Stage 3 income tax cuts, saying that cost-of-living pressures has forced it to do so. Among the changes, Treasury is proposing to reduce the 19% tax rate to 16% and increase the threshold for the 37% tax rate from $120,000 to $135,000 (see ...

Perpetual Corporate Trust adds staff

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 22 JAN 2024
... acquired the debt and advisory business last October. The purchase also included specialist fixed income digital platform, Treasury Direct, which had $21 billion in assets under administration. By adding Laminar's treasury direct digital platform ...