2019 ELECTION

Superannuation

May’s post-election bounce to domestic shares wasn’t enough to counter the impact of uncertain and risk-adverse global markets on super fund returns, as the industry look...

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Features

Mike Taylor writes that the new assistant minister for Superannuation, Financial Services and Financial Technology will find some urgent matters sitting in her portfolio ...

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Funds management

A Labor win could have posed a significant speed-bump for listed investment companies, according to Zenith Investment Partners....

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Financial planning

APRA’s scrapping of the seven per cent ‘stress test’ buffer on home loans will see an increase in borrowing capacity for owner-occupiers, according to RiskWise Property R...

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Editorial

Strategies based on particular government policy positions should be regarded as having reliable shelf-life no longer than that of the Government which introduced them....

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Policy & Regulation

More than $1.8 billion per year in repair and maintenance work on negatively geared homes could be lost if Labor goes ahead with its policy to impose restrictions on the ...

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SMSF

As the Federal election campaign hits its peak, the Alliance for a Fairer Retirement System has again reminded consumers that Labor’s franking credit reform would disadva...

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Financial planning

The outcome of this year’s Federal election could have differing impacts for financial planners regarding each parties’ views on superannuation and tax....

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