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Equity Trustees appoints WA estate planning lawyer

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2015
Equity Trustees recently expanded its estate planning team in Western Australia with the appointment of Brigitte Hollett as estate planning lawyer. It follows the recent appointment of Stephanie Smith as estate planning solicitor which created Equity ...

New initiative to improve women's economic health

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2015
The Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) has announced a partnership with not-for-profit 10thousandgirl in a bid to improve the financial literacy and economic health of women in regional areas. The partnership will see the FPA play an ...

NAS retains Cooper Investors custody

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2015
NAB Asset Servicing will retain custodial services for global and Australian equities fund manager Cooper Investors for another three years. The manager has roughly $10 billion in funds under management and has appointed NAS as its custodian since 2004. ...

ISA and AIST want changes to professionalism model

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2015
Both Industry Super Australia (ISA) and the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) have recommended modifications to a proposed model on lifting educational, professional and ethical standards in the financial services industry. In their ...

Budget projections risk being too optimistic, economists warn

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2015
... to re-balancing efforts, and increases the downside risk to economic growth." Referring to the $5 billion infrastructure plan for northern Australia and tax cuts for small businesses, the analysts noted that "these measures are fairly small in size ...

No new taxes on super welcomed

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2015
Superannuation representative groups have backed the federal government's decision to leave new taxes on super out of the 2015 budget but say there is further consultation ahead. Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) chief executive ...

IFAs to benefit from budget

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2015
The 2015 budget's $5.5 billion jobs and small business package will benefit independent financial advice businesses, according to industry commentators. The package includes a 1.5% tax cut for all small business (incorporated or not), a 5% tax discount ...

Hockey defends budget backflip

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2015
... opportunity to "have a go," despite hardening economic conditions. Hockey presented his 2015 budget as "the government's plan to strengthen our nation's economic challenges" as the Australian economy transitions away from the mining boom and amid global ...

Opposition welcomes SME package, slams Google tax

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2015
... go very far. It's a complete cop out that's been cobbled together at the last minute," Bowen said. "If there was a serious plan Joe Hockey would be able to outline to the Australian people how much revenue it will raise. But the Budget has an asterisk. ...

Age pension kept at highest indexation rate

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2015
In the absence of an increase in the superannuation guarantee, industry representative groups agree Australians will need to put more money in to their super accounts after changes to the Age Pension were announced in the federal budget. Most changes ...