Finance News
In May 2010, working Australians received a pleasant surprise when the Federal Treasurer, Mr Wayne Swan, announced that compulsory employer superannuation contributions were set to jump from the current 9% of salary to 12% by July 2019, a whopping 33% increase in Superannuation contributions. So effective the 1st of July 2013, SG entitlements will increase to…
Aussie equities have enjoyed a solid reporting season and a more confident start to 2012. Risk appetite appears to be returning as evidenced by recent investment flows from Bond to Equity markets. RBS Morgans’ key picks for 2012 have so far outperformed the Large Cap index by 4.1% and the Small Cap Index by 19.4%.…
Whether your business is structured through a partnership, company or trust,few have effective mechanisms in place for the transfer of equity and/or control if one of the owners is lost to the business due to death, total and permanent disablement, or a critical illness. In many cases the loss of a business owner from one…
If your an employer, small or medium business owner and are frustrated or feel as though superannuation is a waste of time. Or if your paying a payroll company to do the payments for you then watch this and let me know your thoughts.
Australian consumers are looking to take greater control of their financial future. With the web and social media acting as the channels for great information, and not only that becoming fashionable. A wide variety of business commentators and retail store owners have been telling us just how tough the Australian retail market has become. The most interesting…
We would like to invite you to the March session of our monthly Teleconference on Thursday, 22 March 2012. Session times are 8.15am, 11.15am and 3.30pm (Sydney – DST). Please email us immediately if you would like to be registered. On the agenda this month: Dr Chris Caton, BT’s Chief Economist, on the latest economic data and…
Australia is blessed with an abundant supply of natural resources and as such has been dubbed “the lucky country” by many economists and investors alike. The mining boom of the first decade of the 21st century has yielded handsome rewards for scores of Australian investors. I hope you find this extract from an article written by…
The Australian Dollar continues to rise because money market expectations about interest rate cuts continue to fade. The 90 day bank bill market believes the RBAs rhetoric about being at an appropriate neutral setting. Its pretty clear the downtrend in the 90 day bank bill yield has broken and the next response to this will be…
