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Rudd promises to expand Super Clearing House

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2013
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has said he will extend the Small Business Superannuation Clearing House service to businesses with fewer than 100 employees if he is re-elected. Currently the service is only open to businesses with 19 or fewer employees. ...

Product Dashboard could spook risk-averse members

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2013
... ultimately self-defeating investment decisions, according to Tom Garcia, chief executive of the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST). Garcia said AIST was consulting with the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) on finding ...

Abbott's PPL scheme to hit Australia's charities

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2013
... Financial Services Council (FSC) breakfast in Sydney, Bowen said that not only would the policy slug investors and superannuation policy holders to the tune of $1.6 billion, but it also had the unintended consequence of hitting the nation's charitable ...

CIE expands its education program to the retail market

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2013

Global firm mulls Aussie advice market

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2013
... firm's Employee Benefits division advises companies on group insurance for its employees, retail and corporate superannuation and global mobility. But since it set up a financial planning firm 18 months ago, advice has become one of Willis' cornerstones ...

Super assets hit $1.6 trillion, investment returns at 4-year high

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2013
Superannuation assets surged 15.5% last financial year to reach $1.6 trillion, reveals the regulator APRA in its just released June report. The pace of the asset surge corresponds with the super fund industry achieving its best investment returns in ...

Abbott's PPL scheme to cost retirees $1.6 billion in hidden tax

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2013
... superannuants), this will mean that they will miss out on tax refunds. As direct investors in shares, self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs) will be significantly affected by this levy. While the tax is levied by esoteric means - and is quite possibly ...

Wealthtrac steps up SMSF campaign

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2013
Platform provider Wealthtrac has appointed a self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) sales specialist to develop its business in the potentially lucrative, but hard-to-access DIY super market. As business development manager - SMSF, James Macken will ...

AUI launches non-aligned platform

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2013
... The platform will provide managed fund, wrap and model portfolio capabilities as well as separate platforms for superannuation, non-superannuation and corporate superannuation. Platform investors can also apply for shares in Federation Alliance, which ...

J.P. Morgan launches APRA reporting service

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2013
... Stronger Super reforms. Under Stronger Super, the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) will require superannuation funds to report on about 3,500 data points - an increase of around 3,000. Dubbed the 'Stronger Super Toolkit', J.P. Morgan's ...