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Labor supports tax cuts

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2016
... from 28.5% down to 27.5% for businesses with turnover of less than $2 million per year but did not support the government's plan to shift the definition of small business to those with turnover of less than $10 million. "Malcolm Turnbull and Scott Morrison ...

Government allocates $920m pa for Smart Cities infrastructure

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2016
... Commenting on the news, KPMG infrastructure partner Paul Foxlee said: "The government's Budget commitment to fund the Smart Cities Plan initiatives is excellent news. International experience, notably in the UK, has shown that core aspects of the Federal ...

Ten-year enterprise tax plan to benefit SMEs

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2016
Financial advisers and superannuation industry service providers are likely to be the main beneficiaries of company tax cuts in the 2016/17 Budget. From 1 July 2016 the small business tax rate will be lowered to 27.5% and the turnover threshold for ...

Budget CIV plan lets Australia export investment expertise

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2016
The Government has announced in its 2016-17 budget that it will introduce new tax and regulatory frameworks to further facilitate foreign access to Australian funds management services. The two new collective investment vehicles (CIVs) introduced in ...

Zurich launches education curriculum

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2016
Zurich Financial Services Australia has launched the Zurich Curriculum, in a bid to support adviser education and development. The Zurich Curriculum aims to provide advisers and their support staff with the skills and knowledge to build specialist expertise ...

Fitzpatricks hires ex-ipac adviser to head up Adelaide practice

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2016
... relationship aspect of being a financial planner - helping to guide a client from where he or she is today to where they plan to be tomorrow. "So, the opportunity to work with a philosophically aligned licensee with practical business and administrative ...

Libertas launches licensing to attract SMSF specialists

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2016
Libertas Financial Planning has launched an accountants' licensing package in the hope of attracting experienced SMSF accounting specialists to the network. The package includes customised software that will guide the adviser through the compliance ...

AZ NGA signs twelfth firm

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2016
AZ Next Generation Advisory has signed a binding sale and purchase agreement to acquire the entire capital of its twelfth firm. Sterling Planners was established in 1997 and currently services clients from North Sydney. The firm offers clients a full ...

NAB partnership puts adviser education at forefront

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2016
National Australia Bank (NAB) has ramped up its commitment to increasing professional standards in financial planning through a partnership with the Deakin University Business School, DeakinPrime and DeakinDigital. The partnership will offer advisers ...

Australians letting their retirement down: report

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2016
... challenges people face, getting the right financial advice is crucial to help them gain a better understanding of how to plan for their retirement." Other findings from the Attitudes to Superannuation report: Australians rank having enough money saved ...