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OPINION: What to do with the Tax White Paper!

ANDREW BRAGG, DIRECTOR OF POLICY, FINANCIAL SERVICES COUNCIL  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2015
... Australia. The timing and process of the Tax White Paper (WTP) is now critical given the 12 month window until the next election. The TWP should be rebooted to seek a mandate at the 2016 election. There is enough time to carry a community debate and ...

Board gender diversity further scrutinised by ACSI

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2015
... of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) has released new governance guidelines which consider recommending against the re-election of directors in companies which perform poorly on board gender diversity. The guideline dealing with board gender diversity ...

New super Shadow Minister as PM acknowledges Labor's plans

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2015
... Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull acknowledged the opposition's superannuation tax proposals and hinted it will become an election issue. Turnbull said in parliament that Bill Shorten was right in saying there are substantial tax concessions associated ...

SMSF Association farewells super shadow minister

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2015
... resignation as Shadow Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation. Ripoll will be leaving politics at the next election and the SMSF Association said his contribution, both in government and opposition, was valuable. SMSF Association chief executive ...

Super tax reform on hold for election

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2015
... Bowen. Speaking to the AFR Tax Reform Summit, Bowen said the change in federal government leadership was close to the next election and if any tax reform was to "carry the day," the next government will have to seek a mandate for its reform. It was said ...

AMP restructures China Fund to reduce discount

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2015
... trading platform to increase the fund's liquidity. It will also alter the current default dividend reinvestment plan (DRP) election to allow new investors to opt-in, rather than requiring them to opt-out. This is expected to reduce the impact of new ...

FSU secretary and executive reach impasse

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2015
... was never going to be easy. After all many are the same group of people who actively supported my predecessor in the election," Jordan said. "To be blunt, if we witnessed similar behaviour amongst finance employers we would rightly be taking action - ...

Asia: Between fortune and fate

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2015
... with them even before they start building because they know they can be trusted." Is Modi India's investment guru? The election of Narendra Modi as Indian Prime Minister in May 2014 captured the imagination of millions of people all over the world. This ...

Gloom and doom news is good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2015
"Danger, Will Robinson!" Danger! Danger! Pick a stock market, any stock market, chances are it is now in correction territory - Dow, Stoxx 600, FTSE-100, All Ords, Strait Times, Jakarta Composite, Taiex, KLCI, PSEi - or in a bear market -- Hang Seng ...

86 billion Euros are in the mail, just

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2015
... Mr Tsipras has had to sign up to precisely the sort of demands his Syriza party railed against during its successful election campaign in January. The proposals in a compromise deal offered by Mr Tsipras the previous week, most of which were overwhelmingly ...