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Not too late to maximise super

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUN 2017
... If this is not addressed by December 31, the balance still needs to be reduced - "you have to reduce the amount in excess plus the notional earnings component of that amount; and there'll be a tax penalty on those notional earnings of 15%." It's not ...

Limited super investment in VC holding Australia back: AVCAL

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUN 2017
... being a record year for VC investment, Australia's VC sector remains less than half that of the OECD + average (OECD nations plus a handful of others countries including China, Taiwan and Singapore), at just 0.023% of Australia's GDP compared to the ...

Retail funds closing in on return gap

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUN 2017
... (14.2%), CFS FirstChoice Lifestage 1970-1974 (14.1%), SA State Lump Sum Scheme - Growth (13.5%) and Telstra Super Corporate Plus - MySuper Growth (13.3%). Top-performing personal (balanced) funds were IOOF Employer Super Personal - Profile 75 (14.1%) ...

VicSuper launches ESG member option

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUN 2017
... with an allowance for ranges between 42.3% and 72.3%. It has an administration and account-keeping fee of $1.50 per week plus 0.28% per annum, plus an investment management cost of 0.42% per annum.

Change of pace for Countplus

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAY 2017
... finalised employment contract was disclosed, showing that he has agreed to serve a five-year term for a salary of $410,000 plus superannuation - a lower base than previously paid. The Countplus board also explained that Rowe has become a Top 20 shareholder ...

Future Fund investment mandate revised

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAY 2017
From 1 July the Future Fund will have an investment mandate that targets a return of CPI plus four to five per cent. Overnight the Federal Government registered a revised investment mandate for the Future Fund, better reflecting global investment market ...

Praemium chief executive takes back company

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 15 MAY 2017
... appropriate and in line with market." Those terms and conditions, currently subject to change, are: a base remuneration of $400,000 plus statutory superannuation; a bonus of 30% of base salary based on achievement of budgeted earnings before interest ...

Partnership empowers accountants to give advice

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAY 2017
... clients without an AFSL. Accountants working with SMSF clients will indirectly be able to provide financial advice via Plenty Plus, which operates on an AFSL. Plenty co-founder Josh Golombick told Financial Standard that under the partnership, clients ...

First home buyers: Devil is in the detail for super funds

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2017
... Federal Budget on Tuesday night, will allow first home buyers to use up to $30,000 of voluntary superannuation contributions, plus the earnings generated from those savings, to place a deposit on a home. In its post-Budget analysis, asset consultant ...

Tax breaks delivered to first home buyers

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
... payments as required. These earnings amounts will be calculated using a deemed rate of return based on the 90 day Bank Bill rate plus three percentage points. According to the Budget, while these are First Home Saver accounts there will be no age limited ...