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ACSA names new deputy chair

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 15 MAY 2017
... securities and fund services Andrew Gibson will also join the board as a Citi representative. ACSA's board also has a new treasurer: BNP Paribas chief administrative officer Daryl Crich, replacing RBC Investor and Treasury Services director, product ...

LRBA loophole for SMSFs removed

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2017
... government, this measure will ensure that the 2016-17 Superannuation Reform Package "operates as intended." Last month, Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen called for banning of all direct borrowing by SMSFs to "cool an overheated housing market." The LRBA ...

Government trials social impact investments

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2017
... million in social impact investments aiming to combat social and environmental issues, starting with youth homelessness. Treasurer Scott Morrison revealed in Tuesday's Budget his intentions to source alternative funding mechanisms, namely with the help ...

Another Budget, another promised surplus

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAY 2017
... overriding theme of course is that the government's Budget would be in surplus soon (promise!). Let's hear it from Federal Treasurer Scott Morrison's own lips: "Mr Speaker, tonight I announce a fair and responsible path back to a balanced budget. "Having ...

Budget undermining super: Labor

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAY 2017
Treasurer Scott Morrison's Budget missed the mark in setting superannuation policies right, proving they cannot be trusted with more than $2.1 trillion in assets, according to the Federal Opposition. Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen and Shadow Revenue and ...

What the 2017 Budget means for you

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
... caution in its digestion. Financial advisers will face several challenges as they attempt to navigate clients through Treasurer Scott Morrison's housing affordability package - from the First Home Super Savers Scheme right through to an initiative encouraging ...

Budget for the wealthy: Labor

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
Opposition leader Bill Shorten is rejecting claims Treasurer Scott Morrison's 2017-18 Budget is anything like a 'Labor Budget.' Shorten went on Twitter to say the Coalition's budget is "out of touch", as a Labor Budget wouldn't slash school funding ...

Major banks receive Budget shakeup

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
... to their needs and create further opportunities for innovative business models in banking that enhance competition," Treasurer Scott Morrison said. The ACCC will also receive $13.2 million over the next four years to complete regular inquiries into specific ...

Increased APRA levies provide regulator with more power

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
... can be deregistered and disqualified from holding executive positions, and be stripped of their significant bonuses," Treasurer Scott Morrison said. "Banks will be held to account if they try and hide misconduct by executives with new mandatory reporting ...

Government debt on its way to $606bn

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
Treasurer Scott Morrison's expansionary second budget, bankrolled by government receipts rising more than 6% per annum compared to expenditure rising by 4% per annum, sets Australia on the road towards a surplus by 2020 but one supported by record Commonwealth ...