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Foreign trust disclosures overhauled in NZ

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAY 2017
... Christchurch-based Mackay Bailey director Michael Woodward said the new disclosure requirements were driven by the 'Panama Papers' which exposed NZ's trust regime as a tax haven. He said NZ foreign trusts have been favoured due to the level of privacy ...

A one-handed clap for ScoMo's Budget

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAY 2017
... the unemployment rate dropped from 5.9% in March to 5.7% in April - better than the 5.75% projected in the Budget 2017-18 papers. But the latest labour market report could be a case of one hand clapping for ScoMo for the details showed that employment ...

Treasury responds to ABA derision over bank levy

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2017
... will help to avoid unintended consequences on the economy and financial system." In response, Fraser pointed to Budget papers outlining revenue and expenditure decisions. Fraser assured the ABA that, given the tight deadline imposed, his department is ...

Another Budget, another promised surplus

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAY 2017
... by FY 2012-13 that would grow to 0.4% of GDP in FY 2015-16. All because many of the assumptions contained in the Budget Papers 2012-13 turned out overly optimistic (in hindsight) and some just plainly off the mark - such as: "Growth is expected to be ...

Government debt on its way to $606bn

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
... through the impact of technology, efficiency dividends and staff freezes. As for "good debt" versus "bad debt", the Budget papers report that about 89% of Australia's Budget is recurrent spending and only 11% is for capital investment. By 2021 this recurrent ...

Budget Eve

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 MAY 2017
... counting down) before us, Australians all, find out what the government has in store for us when it releases the Budget Papers 2017-18 at approximately 7.30pm (AEST) on Tuesday 9 May 2017. Some Budget measures have already been leaked - the Australian ...

Life insurance claims handling must improve: ISWG

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 7 APR 2017
... Superannuation Working Group is calling for the removal of complexity around claims handling. Releasing the second of its discussion papers around the development of the Life Insurance Code of Practice for superannuation trustees, the Group states that ...

Franklin Templeton launches adviser education tool

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 27 MAR 2017
... they can undertake at their own convenience. Advisers can access a range of on-demand courses, webcasts, videos and topic papers. Some of the features include: a fixed income and understanding hedge strategies training course; Australian fixed income ...

FPA expels cheating member

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2017
... alleged that Sriranjan relied on information provided by another candidate to answer exam questions by means of swapping exam papers, and provided evidence to the Commission that two candidates seated one behind the other, had answered the same question ...

Insurance in super must be maintained: AIA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 DEC 2016
... Australians, including a Code of Practice to heighten super fund and RSE licensee responsibilities. ISWG will release discussion papers on strategies to improve consumer outcomes in group insurance in superannuation in early 2017.