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Industry bodies respond to Hockey's tax debate

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 30 MAR 2015
... Institute of Superannuation Trustees have responded to some of the questions raised in Treasurer Joe Hockey's Tax Discussion Paper. FSC chief executive Sally Loane supported one of the paper's key arguments - that Australia is too reliant on income taxation ...

Treasury opens discussion on tax reform

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 30 MAR 2015
Treasurer Joe Hockey has issued the Tax Discussion Paper, raising fundamental questions about the future of Australia's tax system. The paper will open a debate until the 2016 election and will ideally inform the tax policy ideas the Government will ...

Law firm deems SIV changes unworkable

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2015
... investors want low risk assets, according to law firm Hall & Wilcox. The proposed changes, raised in an Austrade discussion paper include investing minimum 50% in venture capital and small caps funds, along with a ban on direct investment in residential ...

New SIV proposals a boon to venture capital

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2015
... thin capital flows." Austrade, which has invited submissions from stakeholders on both programs, will publish a discussion paper today, which will press for the PIV to be restricted to truly entrepreneurial would-be migrants, who would be nominated and ...

TAL lobbies for annuity regulation change

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2014
... income stream products in a detailed response to the Treasury's 'Review of retirement income stream regulation' discussion paper. TAL said that regulation "should be broadened to enable a wider range of income-stream products to enjoy tax-free or concessional ...

Shareholder primacy a myth: Governance Institute

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2014
... boards have a legal obligation to act in the sole interest of their shareholders is a myth, according to a new discussion paper by the Governance Institute of Australia. The paper, entitled 'Shareholder primacy: Is there a need for change?' argues that ...

Treasury proposes tax relief for merging super funds

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2014
... Stronger Super reforms came in. Nevertheless, the industry consensus is that it will happen. Submissions to the discussion paper close on 20 October 2014.

UK FCA to review social media guidelines

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2014
... qualitative research and a cost-benefit analysis should additional regulation be required. The FCA noted in its discussion paper which details how the review will operate that social media refers to the use of web-based communications such as blogs ...

Brumbie: Super idea, super silly reaction

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2014
... coincidence, but the Senator's policy suggestion came just a few weeks after the Reserve Bank of Australia issued a discussion paper that presented research that argued Australian housing is overvalued and given expectations of only moderate capital ...

Govt begins long-awaited retirement income review

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUL 2014
... much-anticipated review of Australia's underdeveloped retirement income industry with the release of a comprehensive discussion paper. The 21-page paper discusses measures to overhaul the entire regulatory regime of the drawdown phase of superannuation. ...