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Terrible tax policies of the last 25 years

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
... Fringe Benefits Tax on employer-provided motor vehicles - Abbott/Hockey, 2013 The introduction of the Senior Australians Tax Offset - Howard/Costello, 2001 The abandonment of the indexation of excise on petroleum products - Howard/Costello, 2001 The ...

Macquarie boosts AUM, earnings flat

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2017
... and investment assets in December. "Increased platform commissions from higher funds on the Wrap and Vision platforms was offset by lower advice fees from lower adviser headcount," the company said. Head of wealth product and technology for Macquarie ...

Victorian DB liabilities hit $44bn

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAY 2017
Victoria's state budget is projecting a 13% reduction in its superannuation liabilities fueled by a positive revaluation of investment expectations and a slight fall in its defined benefit obligations. Victoria's total defined benefit superannuation ...

Investors paying more for less: Research

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAY 2017
... rates falling since LCP's first survey of this kind in 2011. These fee reductions, Gibson said, "[have] not been enough to offset the income-boosting benefit of investment market growth." The report illustrated this idea further by demonstrating how ...

Government reform to close super gender gap

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 28 APR 2017
... slated for 1 July aims to do just this. "Key measures that will benefit women include the low-income superannuation tax offset, which will directly help boost the retirement savings of 1.9 million women, and extending the eligibility for the spouse tax ...

Let me down gently

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 APR 2017
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) and the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) must be breathing a sigh of relief at the latest housing finance figures indicating a slowdown in the country's property market. The bubbling Australian property ...

Instreet launches VC fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAR 2017
... Agenda, which aims to support entrepreneurship," Instreet managing director George Lucas said. Investors may receive a tax offset of up to 20% of their investment in the current financial year. Capital gains tax may not be payable on distributions when ...

Liftoff imminent at Spaceship

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAR 2017
The countdown is on at fledgling start-up and technology-focused superannuation product-provider Spaceship, as chief executive Paul Bennetts attempts to convert his waitlist of 22,000 into a $1 billion fund. Touring around multiple start-up hubs this ...

What a drag

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAR 2017
... While the drop in non-rural goods exports is concerning - because of lower coal and iron ore volume and value and partially offset by an increase in the value of LNG shipments - the bigger 39% plunge in non-monetary gold exports should not. This is because ...

Bad credit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAR 2017
... those for owner-occupation increased by 0.5%. Declines in credit to business (-0.3%) and personal credit (-0.2%) provided offset. Year-on-year, total private sector credit growth slowed to 5.4% in January from 5.6% in the previous month. Business credit ...