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Australia overdue for company tax cut: Spot poll

KARREN VERGARA | MONDAY, 15 JAN 2018

More than half of the respondents in Financial Standard's weekly spot poll said Australia should follow the United States' lead and drop the corporate tax rates to as low as 21%. The US reduced its corporate tax rate from 35% to 21% effective 1 January ...

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BENJAMIN ONG | THURSDAY, 21 DEC 2017

... legislation, that is exactly what they are getting." (Donald Trump) The US Congress passed the long-awaited US$1.5 trillion tax reform package that will cut the US corporate income tax rate from 35% to 21% and the personal income tax rate from 39.6% ...

Un-Keynesian

BENJAMIN ONG | TUESDAY, 5 DEC 2017

... Streeters. Factset reports: "Deutsche Bank noted that even with the recent rally, only about a third of the benefit of tax reform has been priced in to the market." So there's still another two-thirds waiting to be embedded in market pricing when president ...

Trump-flation returns

BENJAMIN ONG | FRIDAY, 29 SEP 2017

... equity markets are again giving him the benefit of the doubt. More so, after the US Treasury released the government's tax reform plan on 27 September, entitled "Unified Framework for Fixing our Broken Tax Code." It put Trump's earlier promises into ...

Super tax reforms take effect

KARREN VERGARA | FRIDAY, 16 JUN 2017

The suite of superannuation taxation reforms affecting contributions, CGT relief and transition to retirement income streams have passed through Parliament. Revenue and Financial Services Minister Kelly O'Dwyer said the amendments under the Treasury ...

SSGA ramps tech exposure post-Trump

ALEX BURKE | THURSDAY, 18 MAY 2017

... post-Trump, Engel said this could largely be attributed to the President's promises for stimulus spending, deregulation and tax reform. "While these policies have yet to be detailed, once they are, the administration has upwards of 500 staffers who will ...

Confident with a capital C

BENJAMIN ONG | WEDNESDAY, 29 MAR 2017

... pass does not mean that all of Trump's pro-growth promises would meet the same fate. "We'll be going right now for tax reform, which we could have done earlier... now we're going to go for tax reform, which I've always liked." (POTUS45) Now who doesn't ...

Obamacare one, Trump nil

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 27 MAR 2017

... early to know how these policies will unfold." Of course. Asked whether president Trump's intention is now "to go for tax reform... or what's next on your priority list", Donald Trump replied: "We'll be going right now for tax reform, which we could ...

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BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 27 FEB 2017

... Secretary Steven Mnuchin has hinted that POTUS will talk about his tax-reform plan - corporate and personal income tax reform. The US equity market had been riding high on the back of expectations of lower taxes (and increased fiscal spending) and are ...

Super must continue excellence path: O'Dwyer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON | FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2017

... it happen," O'Dwyer told delegates. The minister acknowledged that not everyone is satisfied with the superannuation tax reform package, saying that despite this the legislation will improve the sustainability, flexibility and integrity of the super ...

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BT appoints new head of strategy

KARREN VERGARA | 10:47AM

A former Allianz Retire+ executive has joined BT as the new head of strategy.

ASX sees trade volumes soar in May

MATTHEW WAI | 12:24PM

ASX saw a substantial growth in trade volumes last month, despite continued lackluster movement in IPOs.

Otivo launches AI-powered financial advice

MATTHEW WAI | 12:21PM

Otivo has launched a mobile app for Australians to access licensed advice powered by AI.

Munro expands access to climate focused fund

VINNY VUCAGO | 12:09PM

The Munro Global Growth Climate Leaders PIE Fund has been opened to retail investors in New Zealand.

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