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Taxes, levies and fees

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2013

FPA sets out opposition to self-education cap

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2013
... points. "We are talking about the basic training, so if an adviser wants to specialise in certain areas, they will have no incentive and potentially they could stop doing any additional training and just stay with the minimum," FPA general manager of ...

Govt introduces new infra tax break

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2013
The Federal government has introduced a new tax incentive aimed at encouraging private sector investment in infrastructure. The new rules will only apply to infrastructure projects considered to be 'nationally significant', and amends rules around the ...

Former Hyperion boss Dr Manny Pohl launches mid cap fund

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2013
... opportunities and the relevant risks, rather than relying on indices and predefined structures to determine outcomes. Our incentive structures have been developed so that employees are remunerated as owners, and focused as investors," Pohl said. Pohl ...

Infrastructure tax incentives put before Parliament

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2013
Tax incentives for major infrastructure projects have been introduced into the House of Representatives. The measures change the way investment losses are realised, allowing eligible infrastructure projects to maintain the value of losses over time ...

Pipelines the safe bet in the shale gas revolution

JAMES FERYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2013
The US shale gas revolution will offer considerable low risk investment opportunities over the coming two decades, according to Magellan Asset Management senior investment analyst Jowell Amores. "There's going to be a lot of winners we expect from the ...

Infrastructure offers income low correlation to other assets

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2013
... income stream," he said. The sector could also be boosted by a recent Government proposal to legislate a new tax loss incentive to encourage greater private sector investment in infrastructure. Minister for infrastructure and transport Anthony Albanese ...

La Trobe Financial announces CIO and COO of the Year

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2013
... should be no grounds for complacency," said O'Neill, who was one of the judges. "I hope these Awards act as an additional incentive to the people in charge of investing the funds to continue to pursue excellence in their endeavours." Shadow finance minister ...

Basel III to see banks focus on longer-term depositors

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2013
... Claes. Although the final details of the Basel III regulations are yet to be finalised in Australia, Claes believes the incentive to provide single customers with multiple products will be much stronger under the new regime than it is today. "The changes ...

Follow the money

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2013
... BOE) doesn't have a mandate for direct equity purchases so it has to go through this the roundabout way by removing the incentive to save by lowering the return on safer assets. The other point is that us, mere mortals, are left to play the cards we're ...