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Complex retirement system requires simplicity: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2019
... Veterans' Affairs, should be established to make recommendations to the government to address structural issues. Assistant Minister for Superannuation, Financial Services and Financial Technology Jane Hume has reinforced the Federal Government's ...

Chief economist update: The UK is not OK

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2019
... currency - it has fallen by 5.6% from its 2019 high, recorded a few days after Boris Johnson assumed office as UK Prime Minister on July 24. The only positive that could be inferred from the latest National Accounts is that it reinforces the BOE's ...

Chief economist update: Bonds do the limbo rock

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2019
... Bloomberg report (dated July 23) shows that it's already preparing for the worst. "In a paper presented to finance minister Grant Robertson in January and later released under the OIA, Treasury suggests three non-standard measures would be available ...

Jane Hume to address AFA Conference

KRISTI CHENG  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2019
The Assistant Minister for Superannuation, Financial Services and Financial Technology will address the Association of Financial Advisers' National Conference in Adelaide. AFA chief executive Philip Kewin said the AFA is delighted to welcome Senator ...

Final nail in the coffin for grandfathered commissions

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUL 2019
... of grandfathered commissions to financial advisers by 1 January 2021. Federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg and assistant minister for superannuation, financial services and financial technology Jane Hume revealed Coalition plans to introduce the legislation ...

Australians demand SG increase: ISA

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2019
... Last week, the government revealed it would not set a boundary for its upcoming retirement income review, with Prime Minister Scott Morrison confirming all options - including freezing SG - were open for the review to consider.

All options open for retirement income review

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2019
... policy options, including the possibility of making contributions voluntary. Speaking to journalists yesterday, Prime Minister Scott Morrison revealed the retirement income review would not be bound by the government. Asked whether the legislated increase ...

Deeming rate calculations should be independent: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2019
... external, independent body. After the Federal Government lowered deeming rates from July 1, we wanted to find out if the Minister for Social Services should no longer set the rates. Seventy-six percent of respondents said the task should be handed over ...

Government to close super salary sacrifice loophole

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2019
... who short change workers' superannuation savings via salary sacrifice contributions. Assistant Treasurer and Housing Minister Michael Sukkar introduced a raft of tax measures under Treasury Laws Amendment (2019 Tax Integrity and Other Measures No. 1) ...

Julie Bishop headlines AFA conference

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2019
... Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) released the program for its annual conference - with former foreign affairs minister Julie Bishop presenting and a focus on wellness. The theme of the conference is "united" and the AFA said in a challenging time ...