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Australian Investment Council chief executive steps down

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 25 JAN 2022
The chief executive of the Australian Investment Council (AIC) has stepped down to take on a new role in the financial services industry. Yasser El-Ansary's new role is yet to be revealed, but AIC confirmed El-Ansary is departing after eight years as ...

Recovery set to slow: OECD

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 16 SEP 2021
... strategy should be framed in the context of future budgetary pressures and monitored by an independent fiscal institution. Tax reform will be necessary to reduce Australia's reliance on taxing personal incomes, which leaves public finances vulnerable ...

More women in workforce with greater paternity leave: ASI

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2021
... dual income household, facing higher net personal average tax rates than singles. For this reason, ASI is calling for tax reform. "Similarly, where the tax-transfer system does the most to counteract the barriers to participation faced by sole parents ...

Land tax favourable over stamp duty: Survey

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2020
... favour of the proposed ditching of stamp duty. In November, the NSW state government announced it will lead the way on tax reform with its plan to make stamp duty optional, granting homeowners the ability to pay an annual land tax instead. The proposal ...

ISA calls for super tax reform

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2020
Industry Super Australia (ISA) has called for the stage two tax cuts to be matched by a change to the Low-Income Superannuation Tax Offset (LISTO) to help boost the retirement savings of women. ISA said this move could help add tens of thousands of ...

FSC calls for scaled advice model

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2020
The Financial Services Council (FSC) has called on the government to implement a two-year trial of a scalable advice model, in a bid to increase access to affordable advice to Australians at a time when they need it most. The COVID-19 crisis has seen ...

Industry funds pulled back to the pack

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2020
New research predicts industry funds are no longer set to dominate the superannuation industry, as COVID-19 changes the race to the top. KPMG's latest Super Insights report shows industry super funds are no longer on track to takeover SMSFs as the biggest ...

Billionaires club rakes in cash amid COVID-19 crisis

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2020
Since the beginning of the year, America's wealthiest billionaires have seen their wealth increase by millions, with eight seeing their net worth surge by more than US$1 billion dollars. The latest research from the Institute for Policy Studies revealed ...

Vale Ted Evans

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2020
Tributes are flowing for former Westpac chair and Treasury secretary Ted Evans, who passed away over the weekend. Evans, who had been battling cancer, joined the Australian Treasury in 1968 and devoted 43 years of his working life to public service ...

Grattan Institute chief retires

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2019
... Daley personally authored a number of reports for Grattan with a focus on budget reform, intergenerational inequality, tax reform, housing affordability and retirement incomes. "After 11 years, the long-term growth of Grattan Institute as an institution ...