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Australia leads the way in pension system sustainability: ASFA

ANDREW MCKEAN | THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2023

... government pension expenditure is relatively low and expected to decline from 2.6% to 2.1% of GDP by 2060. Oppositely, many OECD retirement income systems have poor system design, population ageing, and elevated inflation imperilling long-term sustainability. ...

Regional commercial real estate to run hot: REIA

CHLOE WALKER | TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2022

... Groves added that, despite a mixed bag of economic headwinds, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) is forecasting Australia to outperform many other advanced economies, predicting GDP to grow around 2.5%. "On the one hand ...

Delayed reforms put pensioners at risk: OECD

ANDREW MCKEAN | MONDAY, 5 DEC 2022

The OECD Pensions Outlook 2022 says that continuing with reforms to asset-backed pension arrangements is essential to improving retirement outcomes and the sustainability of retirement incomes, thereby building more inclusive pension systems. While ...

Forrests invest in post-war, green Ukraine

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS | FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2022

... Forrest briefing US President Joe Biden, former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, OECD Secretary-General Mathias Cormann, and the international business community including UN Special Envoy Michael Bloomberg ...

Government strengthens multinationals tax laws

CASSANDRA BALDINI | MONDAY, 8 AUG 2022

... capitalisation rules to limit interest deductions for MNEs in line with the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)'s recommended approach under Action 4 of the Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) program. It also looks to introduce ...

KPMG spotlights super's biggest challenges

ANDREW MCKEAN | FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2022

... that the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) continues to pursue its 'Justified Trust' initiative which seeks to embrace the OECD view that tax risk management should be part of good corporate governance. The initiative identifies the top 1000 taxpayers ...

Tax exemptions overwhelmingly benefit the wealthy: OECD

CHLOE WALKER | FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2022

An Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) report indicates that Australia's lack of capital gains tax has led to a monumental increase in house prices that have unfairly affected the less wealthy. The report states that between ...

OECD projects sharp growth deceleration

ANDREW MCKEAN | THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2022

... Ukraine immediately slowed the recovery from the Covid pandemic and set the global economy on a course of lower growth, the OECD said. The intergovernmental organisation's latest economic outlook said global growth would decelerate to around 3% this ...

ASFA, Deloitte recommend group insurance changes

ANDREW MCKEAN | FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2022

... permanent disability. However, even with insurance in super, Australia has lower levels of insurance than several comparable OECD economies. From a fiscal perspective, this has an adverse effect on the economy as insurance through super reduces the social ...

Fidelity moves on net zero

ANNABELLE DICKSON | WEDNESDAY, 27 OCT 2021

... emission goals," Tan said. Further to this, the asset manager has committed to phasing out its exposure to thermal coal in OECD countries by 2030 and 2040 globally.

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Australian Unity to shed 195 roles

MATTHEW WAI

Australian Unity is reducing its workforce by 195 positions due to underperformance stemming from delays in government support for its Home Health platform and the integration of several businesses.

Count shutters limited-advice business, slips in size ranking

MATTHEW WAI

Count Financial has reportedly wound up its restricted SMSF/limited-advice service, losing some 26 advisers on the Financial Adviser Register, latest data shows.

First Super recruits head of investments from Prime Super

MATTHEW WAI

First Super has appointed a new head of investments, replacing Chris Artis, who was in the position for the past three months on an interim basis.

BMO eyes Euroz Hartleys' capital markets business

KARREN VERGARA

Euroz Hartleys confirmed it is in discussions with Canada's BMO Financial Group for a potential sale of its capital markets business for $145 million.

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