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Advisers turn budget into opportunity to engage

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2014
Tech savvy financial planners have turned fears around the 2014/15 federal budget cuts into an opportunity to highlight the value of advice and engage with their clients on social media. The government's warnings before the release of the 2014 budget ...

Budget presents huge opportunity for wealth industry

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2014
The two year increase in the Age Pension is likely to create a huge opportunity for the financial services industry as product and service providers devise ways to help fund people those additional years, according to Rainmaker Information director ...

SPAA applauds tax changes to excess contributions

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2014
The government will allow individuals to withdraw superannuation contributions in excess of the non-concessional contributions cap made from 1 July 2013, it has said in the budget. It said that any associated earnings in these excess contributions may ...

Government establishes superannuation fund for the Australian Defence Force (ADF)

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2014
The government will establish new superannuation arrangements for people joining the Australian Defence Force (ADF). As part of the new arrangements ADF members will be able to choose which superannuation fund they belong to and, for the first time ...

Budget speech 2014 -15

Madam Speaker, I move that the Bill for the Budget be now read a second time. Our future depends on what we as a nation do today. For our children, for our seniors, for individuals, for families, for our disabled and for our frail, for all of us, the ...

Industry prepares for Abbott's first budget

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2014
Age pension eligibility, infrastructure and the deficit look likely to take prominent position in tonight's budget, described by Prime Minister Tony Abbott as bringing "pain with purpose." However, superannuation and financial services are expected ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2014
The Australian market looks set for a flat start to trade, after a mixed session on Wall Street. At 0700 AEST on Friday, the June share price index futures contract was up just one point at 5,460. In economic news on Friday, the Reserve Bank of Australia ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2014
The Australian market is set to open lower after Wall Street dropped on concerns about the US tech sector and disappointing earnings from insurance giant AIG. At 0700 AEST on Wednesday, the June share price index futures contract was down 25 points ...

FoFA amendments undermine confidence in advisers: Shorten

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2014
The Opposition Leader Bill Shorten said that the government's proposed amendments to the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) legislation undermine confidence in financial advisers. Speaking to journalists in Brisbane today, Shorten said that "the government ...

ANZ launches bank-aligned news site

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2014
ANZ has launched BlueNotes, a corporate digital publication that includes news, opinion and insights from bank executives. "The publication forms part of a strategy to be a leader in engagement with customers, stakeholders and employees through digital ...