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Financial planning

Deborah Wixted takes a look at the Federal Budget changes to superannuation, taxation and social security and examines what it will mean for the clients of financial plan...

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Financial planning

Assistant Treasurer Nick Sherry has launched a booklet outlining the benefits of Islamic finance and aimed at dispelling misconceptions....

People & Products

Aviva Investors has announced a number of senior appointments to its business development team....

Financial planning

As the end of the current financial year approaches, Craig Day provides SMSF trustees with some tax tips for the year end - along with the traps to avoid....

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Financial planning

Mark Bouris' Yellow Brick Road has outlined an ambitious growth strategy built around accounting and mortgage broking, with financial planning being kept at its core....

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Policy & Regulation

Assistant Treasurer Nick Sherry has announced the terms of reference for the review of the tax treatment of Islamic finance in Australia, which is to be undertaken by the...

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Financial planning

An Australian National Audit Office report has revealed that the inactivity of some large super funds has denied members access to the co-contribution regime....

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Financial planning

Nearly 500 people were convicted of tax and superannuation offences in the first quarter of 2010 alone....

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Funds management

A passion for business and a keen desire to promote financial education has helped John Negri, BDM at Perennial Investment Partners, secure the coveted prize of the 2010 ...

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Editorial

By holding the Henry Review into Taxation and then rejecting most of its findings, the Government has broken the golden rule of politics, writes Mike Taylor....

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Financial planning

Advisers are waiting on more detail regarding superannuation contribution cap measures....

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Financial planning

The $337.5 million boost in funding to the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) over four years is clear evidence that the Government believes businesses are avoiding their G...

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Policy & Regulation

Older savers using interest-bearing products receive tax break....

Financial planning

The Government's Budget initiatives around the Johnson Report and tax cuts are welcomed by the financial services industry, but with some reservations....

Policy & Regulation

Accounting firm BDO has criticised the Government for not adopting a number of recommendations made by the Board of Taxation in relation to the tax reforms for managed in...

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