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Government acts on income streams review

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2016
Going some way to form the federal government's superannuation budget agenda last night was Treasury's release of the Retirement Income Streams Review. Based on the review's seven recommendations the government has decided to remove tax barriers to ...

TAL launches online policy upgrade service

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2016
TAL has launched an online service to allow paperless upgrades of life, TPD and critical illness insurance policies. The Cover Upgrade Express service is designed to simplify circumstances where policies might be upgraded, such as, in TAL general manager ...

Reforms aimed at supporting women

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2016
From 1 July 2017, Australians with a superannuation balance under $500,000 will be allowed to make additional concessional contributions to their super and the low income spouse superannuation tax offset will be raised from $10,800 to $37,000. Individuals ...

What the budget means for you

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2016
The first budget of the Turnbull government will impact financial services companies operating right across the Australian wealth creation value chain from the largest institutions right down to smallest independent advice firms. Treasurer Scott Morrison's ...

Labor supports tax cuts

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2016
Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen has said Labor will support tax cuts for small business and the government's move to address income tax bracket creep. The Labor front bencher said his party would support tax cut for small businesses from 28.5% down to ...

Budget big picture

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2016
A budget deficit of $40 billion on its way down to just $6 billion in four years masks a massive 29% increase in tax revenue over the forward estimates, pointing to why Treasurer Scott Morrison has had to go after high-end superannuants and multi-nationals. ...

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 ...

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 ...

VanEck global infrastructure ETF goes live

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2016
VanEck has provided further details around its launch of Australia's first global infrastructure ETF on the Australian Securities Exchange today. The VanEck Vectors FTSE Global Infrastructure (Hedged) ETF tracks the FTSE Developed Core Infrastructure ...

Australians letting their retirement down: report

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2016
Australians are again showing a wide-held belief they won't be able to afford their dream retirement, nor do they understand how to best fund their retirement. Suncorp's Attitudes to Superannuation report, released today, reveals more 55% of Australians ...