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Industry bodies call for Government LISC U-turn

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2013
Industry bodies have called on the Government to reconsider its repeal of the low income superannuation contribution (LISC) in their submissions on the Minerals Resource Rent Tax (MRRT) Repeal and Other Measures Bill 2013. The LISC compensates individuals ...

Government takes credit for SuperStream savings

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2013

Advisers still servicing few wealthy clients

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2013
... including 1,000 Australians and it aimed to test consumer attitudes and opinions about savings, investments and superannuation.

Industry bodies clash over pension age

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2013
... services industry bodies. The Financial Services Council (FSC) is in favour of raising the preservation age for superannuation and it argued that it will relieve "the increasing strain on the economy as the Australian population ages." FSC director of ...

Planners need discretion on SMSF cost advice: SPAA

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2013

LUCRF to assess climate change investment risks

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2013
Industry fund LUCRF Super will investigate the level of its exposure to 'carbon risks' as part of a move to prepare for the potential investment risks of climate change. The decision is part of a wider policy that saw the $3.8 billion fund recently ...

Lift aged pension to 70: Productivity Commission

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2013
With Australia's population on track to reach 38 million by 2060, the Productivity Commission has released a research paper that warns now is the time to plan the policy responses that will be needed to cope with these demographic and economic changes. ...

SMEs to pay employees super contributions online

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2013
... sized businesses will be able to use the Commonwealth Bank MySuper product online administration to pay employee superannuation contributions. Commonwealth Essential Super, the bank's MySuper product, is available online via NetBank and allows employees ...

Group insurance faces 'perfect storm'

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2013
... He said that, while the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority's (APRA) prudential standard for insurance in superannuation, SPS 250, is a "good step" towards avoiding a blow-up, it may be too late. Speaking on a panel alongside TAL Life general ...

Combet joins IFM Investors board

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2013
Former Labor minister for climate change Greg Combet will take up a position on the board of industry fund-owned investment manager IFM Investors. The appointment comes a month after it was announced that Combet would be taking up a year-long advisory ...