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Colley resigns from SMSF Association

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2016
The SMSF Association announced today that key industry figure Graeme Colley has resigned from his position as director of technical and professional standards. SMSF Association chief executive and managing director Andrea Slattery said Colley has been ...

SME owners urged to streamline their retirement exit strategies

WHITNEY FITZSIMMONS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 APR 2016
... increasing life expectancy, Australia's population is slowly aging. Today, the median age of Australians is 36.9. This figure goes' hand in hand' with the fact that over 40% of all business owners are now over 50. To help assist in exit strategy planning ...

Lump sum withdrawals to fall to 4% by 2025: Rice Warner

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2016
Only 10% of retirement assets were taken as a full lump sum in 2013-14 according to research by Rice Warner, destabilising the view that many retirees rapidly spend their super and fall back on a full Age Pension. Used to support its 2016 pre-budget ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2016
... to a reading of 100 - an equal number of optimists and pessimists - in March from 98 in the previous month. The latest figure marks the first improvement in sentiment following three consecutive months of deterioration. The Bank of Korea's March survey ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2016
Brazil unemployment The unemployment rate in Latin America's biggest economy jumped to 8.2% in February from 7.6% in the previous month. This is slightly higher than expectations for a rise to 8.1% but is the highest since May 2009. Hardly surprising ...

SMSFs winning over younger Australians

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2016
SMSFs appear to be gaining more traction with younger people with the latest data from the ATO showing 43% of new SMSFs are established by members younger than 45, whilst 25% of new funds are set up by members older than 55 as they approach retirement. ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2016
Australia residential property price index Residential property prices in Australia's eight capital cities (weighted average) increased by 0.2% in the December quarter. Though still higher than market expectations for 0% growth, the fourth quarter growth ...

Competitiveness at risk from STEM fall-off

WHITNEY FITZSIMMONS  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2016
... female role model outside of their immediate family who is working in STEM, and less than two in 10 knows of a female public figure in the STEM field. "The pursuit of STEM offers some of the world's best opportunities to be involved in cutting edge innovation ...

Retail managed funds rose strongly in 2015

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2016
The retail managed fund industry saw marked growth in the 2015 posting 7.5% growth in funds under management, according to figures from Plan For Life. The numbers show retail managed fund assets under management grew to $748.8 billion in what the researcher ...

SuperStream sees 70% of member contributions

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2016
Over 70% of members' superannuation contributions to APRA-regulated funds are being sent through SuperStream, according to ATO figures. The new electronic payment standard saw 22.8 million contribution transactions in the September 2015 quarter alone. ...