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Labor responds to 'unfair' Budget

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
... pensioners and working Australians will be most disadvantaged by this year's Budget proposals. Opposition Leader Bill Shorten said the Liberal Government's budget is "unfair" and favours big business. In a series of Tweets, Shorten said the 2018-19 Budget ...

Industry fund begins lifecycle pension strategy

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2018
A $1.5 billion industry superannuation fund has added a dual-account lifecycle strategy to its pension offering. New pension members of REI Super now have a default lifecycle investment option which applies different investment mixes based on age. Existing ...

Government targeted for delaying Royal Commission

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2018
... for the Commission. What we've learned so far from the banking royal commission has been shocking and shameful. - Bill Shorten (@billshortenmp) April 19, 2018 Labor leader Bill Shorten described the findings as "shocking and shameful." "This is a Government ...

Active managers must explain value better: Formica

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2018
The co-chief executive at a $484 billion (US$370bn) global asset manager believes the industry can take lessons from Shrek and vacuum manufacturers to improve storytelling and customer service. Speaking at a media lunch in Sydney last week, Janus Henderson ...

Shuttering dividend cash loophole to hit SMSFs

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAR 2018
... their affairs to maximise their refunds. I accept that. But what we're doing is giving plenty of notice that an incoming Shorten Labor Government will reform this system," Bowen said. Shutting down the concession will save the budget $11.4 billion next ...

Government caves to banking Royal Commission

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 30 NOV 2017
... Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen making it clear it should extend to all elements of financial services. Opposition Leader Bill Shorten took to Twitter saying a Royal Commission was "crucial", adding Turnbull only agreed to it "when the banks told him he ...

Investors short on tax-effective structures: Centuria Life

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 17 AUG 2017
Changes to superannuation and news Bill Shorten has discretionary family trusts in his sights is making investors worried about their investment future. Centuria Life general manager Neil Rogan says if family trusts are taxed at 30%, as per Bill Shorten's ...

Discretionary trusts crackdown short-sighted

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 4 AUG 2017
... broader tax system isn't operating on a level playing field, an industry expert says. In response to Opposition Leader Bill Shorten proposing a 30% tax rate on the distributions of discretionary trusts, Murray Howlett, a partner at accounting and business ...

Labor cracks down on discretionary trusts

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 31 JUL 2017
Opposition Leader Bill Shorten is cracking down on high-income earners exploiting a trust loophole that minimises tax bills. The Labor leader is pledging to impose a minimum 30% tax rate on the distributions of discretionary trusts to beneficiaries ...

Banks narrowly avoid parliamentary inquiry

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUN 2017
... session. "You cannot debate a Bill when the Parliament isn't sitting. So they stuffed it," he said. Labor leader Bill Shorten hit at the comments branding Christensen as a "lion in Mackay and a mouse in Canberra." The Bill, which proposed a parliamentary ...