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Labor pledges five-year freeze on super tax

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2013
... chaired by Jeremy Cooper, who in 2010 chaired a wide-ranging review into superannuation, calling for certainty for all Australians in relation to their retirement savings provision. The draft, entitled 'Fewer Changes, Better Outcomes,' supports no major ...

FSC to support Indigenous financial literacy

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2013
... long-term partnership alliance with First Nations Foundation (FNF) to help improve the financial literacy of Indigenous Australians. The FSC will be providing a minimum of $50,000 a year for three years funds to the FNF to help expand its adult financial ...

Financial literacy in retirement a human rights issue: AHRC

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2013
... Commission (AHRC). The release coincided with a call from National Seniors Australia, the consumer lobby for older Australians, for a coordinated financial literacy awareness campaign for older Australians. The AHRC's 173-page manual, entitled Your Rights ...

Aussie super, a tempting catch for organised crime

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2013
... established, and will continue to establish, complex fraudulent schemes to steal superannuation savings," the report states. "Australians are being targeted for mass marketed fraud, including 'boiler-room' or cold-call investment fraud and Ponzi schemes ...

Labor promises five-year freeze on super tax

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2013
... move he said was vital as the Australian population ages. "The five-year freeze, which commences immediately, means Australians can feel confident that under a Labor Government, the rise to 12% super, increased concessional caps and the tax cut for workers ...

India's triple dilemma

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2013
... interest rates and a cheaper rupee are exactly what the economy needs at this point in the business cycle. Just ask the Australians. India's economic growth has slowed from a high of 13.3% (year-on-year) in the first quarter of 2010 to just 3.0% in the ...

Breaking Australia's love affair with the lump sum

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2013
... unprecedented pressure. According to MTAA Super chief executive Leeanne Turner, over the next decade about four million Australians will retire. An integral part of dealing with this will involve moving away from lump sum super payments and towards income ...

Industry funds 'treat us like dirt': COSBOA

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2013
The Council of Small Business Australia (COSBOA) has welcomed the Government's decision to grant small businesses access to the Superannuation Complaints Tribunal (SCT). COSBOA executive director Peter Strong said this would give small businesses a ...

The recession we are promised to have

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2013

Scaled advice to shape industry future

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUL 2013
... reduce from $2,046 before the reforms to $1,163 after the reforms by 2026/27. The provision of financial advice to Australians is expected to double and by 2026 there will be 1.88 million pieces of advice provided compared to 893,000 pieces under a "no ...