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PROFILE: AvSuper chief executive Michelle Wade

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2015
... time to get in on the ground level. Everyone was setting up new schemes and new arrangements were in place because of legislation," Wade says. "An Australian organisation wanted to provide similar services in New Zealand as the ones provided to their ...

Fiducian reports growth after restructure

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2015
... completed a corporate restructure at the end of February to "satisfy regulatory changes and recent superannuation legislation." As part of the restructure, the group established a new trustee board with a majority of independent for its superannuation ...

Crowd equity funding, the Ashley Madison of finance

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2015
... from crowdfunding is set to grow over the next decade, especially as a range of countries has started to amend their legislation," the report said, quoting legislation from Italy, the US and New Zealand. CIFR proposes limiting the amount of money that ...

Cbus opposes smaller super guarantee penalties

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2015
... to an industry super fund chief executive. Federal small business minister Bruce Billson recently introduced draft legislation aiming to reduce the harshness of the superannuation guarantee charge (SGC), claiming it is burdensome on small businesses. ...

Frydenberg relaxed about SMSF borrowing

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2015
... this in their loan to valuation requirements." Frydenberg also said the federal government will shortly introduce legislation making it easier for superannuation funds to invest through a trust without the trust attracting corporate tax treatment. The ...

Super governance changes questioned

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2015
... interests in superannuation boards has been described as "curious" by lawyers reviewing proposed super governance legislation. A paper prepared by Hall and Wilcox Lawyers for the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) suggests existing ...

New draft super governance standards released

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2015
The government has clarified uncertainty around the word 'independent' in its draft super governance legislation and agreed to a flexible transition period following consultation with stakeholders on new standards. In June, the Government released exposure ...

GBST wealth management performance drives 52% profit boost

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2015
... impressive. Regulatory change continued to drive sales, and deployment of GBST Composer to support UK Pensions Freedom legislation helped win new clients. Australian Wealth Management operations successfully completed several large migration projects ...

Retail funds get behind campaign to lower fees

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2015
... companies have very low fees in their default MySuper options." However, "these low cost MySuper options are prevented by legislation from competing with industry, corporate and public sector funds, many of which have higher fees." Loane said that the ...

Murray slams "silly suggestions"

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2015
... his final FSI report, Murray recommended that super funds appoint a majority of independent directors but so far the legislation is yet to get past lobbying interests. "What we have is an unannounced tripartite war between retail funds, industry funds ...