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Rudd promises to expand Super Clearing House

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2013
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has said he will extend the Small Business Superannuation Clearing House service to businesses with fewer than 100 employees if he is re-elected. Currently the service is only open to businesses with 19 or fewer employees. ...

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 ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2013
... to post first half results, while Macquarie Group has its annual general meeting scheduled. The NAB's National Small Business Summit continues in Brisbane. In Australia, the market on Wednesday finished firmer with resource companies shaking off a slowdown ...

Legg Mason adds SIV funds

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2013
... operation, one sixth of the current inflow into the superannuation industry. Minister for Innovation, Services and Small Business Louise Asher said the Victorian Government is encouraging investment management firms to be proactive in promoting the SIV. ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2013
... to release full year results and Atlas Iron is to announce June quarter results. The NAB is hosting a National Small Business Summit Brisbane. Origin Energy managing director Grant King, Santos chief executive David Knox, EnergyAustralia MD Richard McIndoe ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2013
The Australian market looks set to open higher after the Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 vaulted to new records following Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke's pledge to maintain the central bank's easy-money policy for the foreseeable future. ...

Accountants push for debate on FoFA changes

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2013
... some of the changes proposed by the Coalition and Conway said that "there is no doubt that business, particularly small business, is being crippled by regulatory burden." "Any reduction in this burden and the associated red tape as proposed by the Coalition's ...

Labor and Libs joust over small business super contributions

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2013
... of their employees, in a bid to ease "the red tape burden." The short statement read: "The Coalition will give small business the option to remit compulsory superannuation payments made on behalf of workers directly to the Australian Taxation Office ...

Coalition confirms plans for FoFA amendments

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2013
... risk insurance inside superannuation. "The Coalition will amend the legislation to reduce compliance costs for small business financial advisers and consumers who access financial advice," it says. The document states that "some degree of regulation ...

Former ING DIRECT BDM joins EBX

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2013
... the financial services industry in roles in developing and distributing structured products, retirement planning, small business consulting, financial planning, practice development and superannuation. Ibbotson holds a degree in Industrial Relations ...