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RBA envy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 MAY 2016
It's May! Time to go away! Somehow I think the Australian equity market didn't get this memo. Like a thumb - not the sore one but the one in the OK sign - the All Ordinaries index stuck out with a 0.8% gain in the first week of May while most others ...

Shorten attacks government's retro super changes

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2016
... budget reply speech last night to label the government's superannuation changes as "retrospective" and reaffirm Labor's election policy on the $2 trillion industry. On Tuesday the government announced a $500,000 lifetime cap will be applied to after-tax ...

Labor supports tax cuts

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2016
... receives a tax cut, of $16,750." He then confirmed Labor would re-institute the high income deficit levy if it won the election on 2 July.

EQT chair to stay on despite plans to depart

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2016
Equity Trustees has announced that its board has requested its current chair to stand for re-election, despite his previously announced plans to stand down at the next AGM. As a result, Tony Killen will submit himself for re-election at the AGM on October ...

Boomers surprisingly open to fair super tax changes

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2016
... budget decision to raise the Age Pension eligibility age from 67 to 70. As negative gearing looks set to become a major election issue, respondents were evenly split 41-41 (with 18% neutral) for and against Labor's plan to change negative gearing laws ...

Govt change could spell more severe LIF bill: FPA

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2016
... slated to be in effect from 1 July 2016 will now need to be reintroduced to parliament following the unofficial 2 July election, delaying the bill for at least a further six months. "If it's going to progress through it will need to be reintroduced and ...

All super funds should have independent chair: research

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2016
New research shows superannuation executives are still divided over views on board independence yet academics persist all funds be required to appoint an independent chair. Following its initial paper on the contentious issue, the Centre for International ...

Commissions survive as life remuneration bill flatlines

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2016
... July 1, but given that the Senate is currently deadlocked over a double dissolution trigger for a prospective July 2 election, it's unlikely this will happen at this stage. The bill may be restored in the next Parliamentary session, and likely will at ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2016
... or $53 billion since 30 June 2015 which was up 16% or $50 billion through 2013-14. In June 2013, about the time of the election of the Abbott government, total commonwealth government debt (as measured by bond issues outstanding) was $257 billion - meaning ...

CHOICE adds another super voice

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 11 APR 2016
... superannuation voice during 2016, a direct response to the little industry conversation with a consumer focus during an election year. CHOICE chief executive Alan Kirkland flagged the group's position recently and said the big problem is super's "just ...