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Threadneedle makes four new hires

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2012

Special bond issues could fix unaffordable housing

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2012
... developments. In August the Australians for Affordable Housing (AAH) organisation released a four-point plan they hope will stir debate around how to correct what they claim is unbalanced tax treatment (of investment housing) that distorts the residential ...

Super debate flawed: ASFA

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2012
Several flaws exist in the current debate over superannuation adequacy in Australia, said the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA). A focus on superannuation tax concessions and access age is the wrong conversation and should instead ...

Controversial short-sell ban inconclusive

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2012
ASIC has defended its 2008 decision to permanently ban naked short-selling and temporarily ban covered short sales, despite its report on the GFC restrictions being inconclusive as to outcome. Yesterday the regulator's deputy chairman Belinda Gibson ...

Waiting to digest

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2012
... months - after a 0.5% increase in July. Unlike the weeks leading up to the QEs -- where bad news is seen as good news - the debate has shifted to whether these latest symptoms of malaise in the global economy support the central banks' latest round of ...

Cbus takes lead on trustee disclosure

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2012
... which is part of compulsory superannuation, and that it also demonstrated that major industry funds were taking the current debate about disclosure and governance seriously. John Brogden, chief executive of the Financial Services Council, which represents ...

More innovation needed on 'demand side' infra opps: ASFA

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2012
In the debate about alternatives to investment in transport infrastructure, the temptation is often to simply look at another road or rail project to address supply-side demand related to the congestion in Australia's capital cities. Yet, as ASFA's ...

Greens propose scaled super contribs tax

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 SEP 2012
... should be taxed on a sliding discounted scale based on a fund members' marginal tax rates. The proposal follows emerging debate about the cost of superannuation tax subsidies to the Commonwealth budget and whether it is excessive given other government ...

Super concession cuts ignite SMSF debate

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2012
... that tax concessions to super will be cut by the Government to fund upcoming health and education initiatives have sparked debate in the industry over whether high balance super members and SMSFs in particular are paying their share. Recent changes to ...

Super roundtable supports small business clearing house

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2012
... tape for small business, but superfunds need to increase their promotion of its services," Minister Shorten said. A policy debate arose last year over the Medicare clearing house with the Coalition saying it was too expensive and proposing the ATO administer ...