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Fiducian boosts SMSF services

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 7 OCT 2010
... marked by low price operations that claim they can operate a SMSF for as little as $400, which includes all regulatory and taxation reporting and annual audits, but not investment costs. The fee deal Fiducian is offering at around $3,240 is higher than ...

Align preservation and retirement age: DoFD

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 5 OCT 2010
... presently able to access superannuation concessions, a full or part pension and/or other concessions as well as generous taxation arrangements. Measures such as tightening eligibility for the pension and increasing the superannuation preservation age ...

Super tax breaks unaffordable: Treasury

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 SEP 2010
... constitute a 10-year reform plan. Treasury also warned the returned government that the structural imbalances in the current taxation system are becoming systemic and that the case for reform is being poorly argued and managed. "A narrative for reform ...

One in five ignore super accounts

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 21 SEP 2010
... unnecessary fees and charges imposed by multiple funds. The fund is encouraging its members to access the Australian Taxation Office's SuperSeeker tool at www.ato.gov.au to find forgotten lost super. "By bringing your super together into one account ...

ATO tackles SMSF fraud risk

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 17 SEP 2010
... original fund into this dodgy fund, and usually disappear with it straightaway," said Michael Brown, general manager of taxation at Perpetual. In most cases the victim will never know that this has even occurred until they try to check on their super ...

ATO appoints integrity adviser

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 6 SEP 2010
The Australian Taxation Office has hired former Commonwealth director of public prosecutions, Damian Bugg AM QC, as its integrity adviser. Tax commissioner Michael D'Ascenzo made the announcement late last week, and Bugg will be charged with providing ...

No double dip recession: Fidelity

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUL 2010
... is we're heading into an environment where there are a range of sovereigns in trouble with debt, austerity packages, taxation going up - this means the possibility of lower global growth," he said. As a result, the team at Fidelity are targeting companies ...

Jana and Frontier add to ranks

MEDIA RELEASES  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUN 2010
... worked for the past four years at Access Capital Advisers and has previous experience at CBA (structured finance) and PwC (taxation). Simpson's appointment brings the number of specialists covering alternative assets to 16.

African dev't needs private equity: Mobius

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUN 2010
... investors can depend on for these markets to develop. "If there is uncertainty regarding foreign exchange regulations, taxation and property ownership, then investors tend to be very short-term and skittish," he said. "Governments, which realise the ...

Australian Ethical appoints CIO

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUN 2010
... various Commonwealth Government departments. Highlights of his career in government included being senior adviser on taxation and superannuation policy, being a member of the working group that prepared the first Intergenerational Report and working ...