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Federal budget 2023: Winners and losers

TOM WATSON  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023
... aged care sector by 15%. Defence personnel: The government is set to spend $400 million to support the retention of Australian Defence Force members via a bonus for personnel who sign on for another term of employment. Medicine users: In a change which ...

Budget cuts advisers' power bills, admin burden

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023
... June 2024. This is estimated to free up $290 million across SMEs. Chalmers also promised to make interactions with the Australian Taxation Office quicker. "The measures will allow more time for small businesses to amend tax returns, trial ATO independent ...

Budget delivers surplus, with a catch

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023
... sharply rising interest rates, and tightening financial conditions associated with recent banking sector strains. "The Australian economy is not immune from these global economic challenges, but it is well placed to navigate them," budget documents said. ...

ATO keeping tabs on SMSF early access, tax avoidance

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2023
... retirement savings early. Of the total SMSFs in existence, 25% are operated by private wealth groups, according to Australian Taxation Office assistant commissioner for self-managed superannuation funds risk and strategy Justin Micale. Micale told a ...

Superannuation changes limit tax benefits for top earners: ASFA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2023
... group insurance arrangements in superannuation. The total value of insurance cover amounts to $3.3 trillion. While only a small proportion of those covered will make a claim in any given year, over a 40-year working life, an individual (or their dependents) ...

Modern slavery on the rise a decade on from Rana Plaza

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2023
... slavery and wider human rights impacts are not limited to one country, but a global problem, and a risk facing many Australian companies through their extended supply chain. Baptist World Aid has released its 2022 Ethical Fashion Report, examining the ...

Search funds beat VC, private equity returns

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2023
... the benefit of my experience and therefore influence the likelihood of my capital having a positive return," he says. Australian Equity Partners managing directors Graham Marsland and Ivan Milutinovic are currently going through the search fund process ...

Regal names investment director

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 14 APR 2023
... Investments and the Yulgilbar Group of Companies. At Regal, he will expand the ASX-listed firm's existing relationships with Australian family offices, and sophisticated, self-directed private investors. Myer said that he was looking forward to contributing ...

SG Hiscock commences abrdn fund changes

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 6 APR 2023
... manager has notified investors that changes will be made to the abrdn Ex-20 Australian Equities Fund and the abrdn Australian Small Companies Fund. Effective April 17, the abrdn Ex-20 Australian Equities Fund will become the SGH Ex-20 Australian Equities ...

RBA steadies cash rate, flags more hikes

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2023
... was to peak at 4%, that will equate to $15,000 more in interest on the average home loan of $600,000. For businesses, Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry chief of policy and advocacy David Alexander warns of turbulent times ahead despite the ...