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Advisers welcome super changes but need stability

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2016
... per year to $100,000. Financial adviser at Bridges Financial Services John Addario welcomed the changes to the initial proposal but noted some clients would bear the cost of needing further advice as a result. "The proposed rules have been thrown out ...

$500,000 non-concessional cap scratched

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2016
... policies. Treasurer Scott Morrison announced the changes this morning and said the government will replace the $500,000 proposal with a new measure to reduce the existing annual non-concessional contributions cap from $180,000 per year to $100,000. The ...

Good financial advice a challenge: ASIC

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2016
... recover the cost of regulation "from the people who created the need for it" where possible. Commenting on the government's proposal to introduce an industry funding model for ASIC from 1 July 2017, the regulator said it believes an industry funding ...

Parliament goes to war on super

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2016
... individuals with balances less than $500,000, denies the flexibility to boost super savings," Morrison said. "Labor's proposal to prevent the harmonisation of contribution rules will prevent older Australians from more readily contributing to their super. ...

IFM and QIC to compete for Port of Melbourne

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2016
Both IFM Investors and QIC have been given the green light to progress respective consortium bids to acquire the 50-year lease of the Port of Melbourne. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) said it will not oppose the two separate ...

AU wins Herston Quarter mandate

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2016
... childcare, a co-working hub and education and training facilities. Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said the Australian Unity proposal would deliver on the government's aim to elevate Brisbane's health credentials and cement the broader Herston Health precinct ...

Court approves OneVue merger meeting

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2016
... independent expert to provide consultation as to the benefits of the merger for Diversa shareholders. The expert found that the proposal is "fair and reasonable" and in shareholders' best interests. The scheme meeting will take place on September 20. ...

Wilson explains Aurora fund wind-up proposal

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2016
Wilson Asset Management has outlined to unitholders why the HHY fund, managed by Keybridge Capital, should be shut down. Arguing that the "expertise to manage the HHY portfolio promoted to unitholders is no longer at Keybridge," Wilson's letter referred ...

Japanese pension fund continues ESG commitment

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2016
... requests to meet the fund as part of a survey to JPX Nikkei 400 Index companies in January 2016. "We recently received a proposal from many companies including OMRON, Eisai, and Nissan for an opportunity between GPIF as an asset owner and businesses ...

Bentley renews call for Keybridge director dismissal

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUL 2016
... sale of the funds management business for a significant ~$2 million loss (only 15 months after its acquisition) and the proposal put at the Keybridge AGM in November 2014 (subsequently withdrawn after shareholder opposition for [Moffat] to be issued ...