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EOFY: Review of super contributions essential

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUN 2012
To avoid clients being hit with tax penalties on excess contributions advisers should be reviewing their salary sacrificing arrangements, according to industry experts. The concessional super contributions cap is legislated to reduce from $50,000 to ...

MLC model shows social benefit of Budget

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUN 2012
... benefit the majority of Australian workers, according to MLC, which has conducted modelling showing the impact on a range of salary brackets. "If we assume all proposals become legislated, our analysis shows these changes will actually be positive for ...

Eurozone to craft a reforms roadmap

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2012
... election in which no party was able to either win an overall majority or broker a coalition government. But voters fed up with salary and pension cuts shifted their loyalties to more radical parties. The June 17 vote will determine whether Greece will ...

Australia's finely balanced $376bn budget

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2012
... income earners, a step that seems somewhat redundant as for someone on $300,000 this cap equates to less that 9% of their salary. In reaction to the policy change, investment strategists are already predicting increased flows back into negatively geared ...

Investor negativity despite positive signs

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 12 APR 2012
... remained fairly constant at 56.5%. Superannuation contributions also declined from 32.7% to 26.6%. Of these, 50% contribute by salary sacrificing additional contributions as part of their pay while 9.5% do salary sacrifice lump sum contributions. The ...

FIRST Super invites Tony Abbott to board meeting

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAR 2012
... projects, said FIRST Super had led the way in transparency, publishing fees for each director and the chief executive's salary in its annual report.

FSC urges Senate to vote for SG rise

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 19 MAR 2012
... increase the gap by $1.02 trillion. "An adequate annual retirement income is defined as 62.5 per cent of a person's last salary. Our research shows 9 per cent superannuation will fail to provide the population with their expectations of a comfortable ...

Take advantage of current concessional caps: OnePath

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2012
... opportunity to take advantage of the full benefit of the concessionals which are allowed this year, and the ability to salary sacrifice this year," said Lowe. Lowe also said advisers still queried whether salary sacrifice contributions count towards ...

Gen Y aiming high: REST

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAR 2012
... A new survey by REST Super looks at the "wealth style" of 600 18 to 30 year olds to better understand their work ethic, salary expectations, and home ownership goals. The study found more than 75% of Gen Ys expected to live a comfortable or very comfortable ...

HESTA members get insurance boost

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAR 2012
... birthday such as 25, 30, 40 or 50, divorce, a child starting primary or secondary school, getting a degree, death of a spouse, salary hike, taking out a mortgage or moving into full-time from part-time work. "Removing some of the barriers that traditionally ...