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Six associations form new alliance

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
... retirement system, and unify against Labor's proposal to disallow refunds of excess franking credits for retirees and shareholders. The Alliance for a Fairer Retirement System brings together: The Australian Shareholders' Association, Australian Listed ...

WAM Capital founding director resigns

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 6 APR 2018
... finance and technology." WAM currently manages six LICs, representing about $3 billion in capital for more than 53,000 shareholders. WAM Capital specialises in ASX-listed small-to-mid-cap industrial companies. In March, the LIC recorded an interim profit ...

Labor's imputation credit reform cops industry backlash

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2018
... undermine the purpose of super, leaving more people reliant on a taxpayer funded retirement, she said. The Australian Shareholders' Association (ASA) also strongly opposed "tweaking the tax system." The proposed changes will penalise investors who prefer ...

Government superannuation bills will stand despite Royal Commission: O'Dwyer

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2017
... working Australian superannuation fund member - not the government; not the industry; not the bank executives; not the shareholders; not the employers; and not the trade unions," she said. "It is disappointing that some industry participants have used ...

Major banks overlooking elder abuse

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 14 NOV 2017
... elder abuse. This has been met with silence by bank bosses who seem more focussed on delivering record profits for shareholders, developing multi-million dollar advertising and PR campaigns and cutting staff from branches, he said. "Cuts to frontline ...

Members better off with equal representation: AIST

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 10 OCT 2017
... - they are free to act solely in members' best interests as they are not required to produce a profit for parent shareholders," she said. The Bill proposes one-third of super fund directors to be independent as well as appointing an independent chair. ...

APRA launches inquiry into CBA

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 28 AUG 2017
... litigation funder IMF Bentham bank last week. Maurice Blackburn national head of class actions Andrew Watson alleged CBA shareholders suffered a significant share price drop in light of AUSTRAC's legal proceedings against the bank. "The AUSTRAC allegations ...

Banks continue campaign to discredit SA bank tax

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUL 2017
... while the bank's profits are large, they are less than that of some ASX-listed companies and are largely passed on to shareholders - 35,000 South Australian shareholders received $146 million in dividends last financial year. "We support the South Australian ...

Broaden levy to foreign banks: Big four

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 JUN 2017
... million post-tax. It hasn't determined how it will manage the costs, but made it clear it will be borne by customers, shareholders, suppliers, and employees. The major banks also argued a sunset clause should be introduced, given the purpose of the tax ...

Senior executives sworn to secrecy over bank levy

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAY 2017
The five major banks are banned from consulting with their boards, customers or shareholders prior to the implementation of legislation around the new bank levy. In what the Australian Bankers' Association has labelled an extraordinary move, the Federal ...