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Personal tax cuts lead the Budget

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
... to $90,000. On the lower end, the $37,000 threshold has been lifted to $41,000. Pitching for a comeback at next year's election polls, Morrison promised more substantial changes in 2022-23. "The $37,000 threshold will be lifted to $41,000, stopping half ...

Three AMP directors step down

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
... had previously recommended its members, which include some of Australia's largest super funds, to vote against the re-election of AMP's board. When former chair Catherine Brenner resigned, ACSI said there is more to be done. "Clearly a lot of change ...

Chief economist update: Budget surplus can wait

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
What better to focus the minds of the Australian Prime Minister and Federal Treasurer than a general election coming to a theatre near us - no later than May next year. This time is not different. The government of the day is going out here, there and ...

First Super to vote against AMP board

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018
... Superannuation Investors (ACSI), triggered by findings from the Royal Commission, First Super said it would vote against the re-election of AMP's board at the upcoming annual general meeting. First Super recommended other ACSI members follow suit, with ...

Tech selloff builds cash pile at Pengana

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2018
... Rainmaker research shows. Pengana is still well within its 20% cash limit which it maximised in post-Brexit and post-US election markets. But as Cvetanovski said: "Cash is a drag is on (fund) performance when the markets go up." US markets are expensive ...

Shuttering dividend cash loophole to hit SMSFs

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAR 2018
... gearing and capital gains, and closing discretionary trusts loopholes, would apply from 1 July 2019 if Labor wins the election.

Robo-adviser crashes during Wall Street selloff

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 FEB 2018
... explained: "The situation reminds me a lot of what happened immediately after the Brexit vote or the 2016 Presidential Election. Most people have forgotten that on the first day after the Brexit vote, the FTSE 100 (an index of the 100 largest market ...

2017 AGMs less tumultuous: ASIC

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 30 JAN 2018
... issue by the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI), which recommended that its members vote against the election of certain directors in companies without female representation on their boards," ASIC said. On the back of this report ...

Australia overdue for company tax cut: Spot poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 JAN 2018
... appears dictated by the political cycle rather than the economic cycle. With Donald Trump fulfilling his 2016 presidential election campaign promises of delivering tax cuts and spending increases ahead of 2018's congressional midterm elections, this ...

FS has you covered in 2017

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 22 DEC 2017
Financial Standard attended all the major industry conferences this year to keep you informed. Chief Economists Forum It may well be Rainmaker's 25th anniversary in 2017, but this year also marked the anniversary of several historic and global economic ...