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Super roundtable supports small business clearing house

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2012
A Council of Small Businesses of Australia (COSBOA) proposal to better promote the Government's small business super clearing house has received support from the fourth meeting of the Government's industry superannuation roundtable. Around 32,000 businesses ...

AGEST merger put on hold

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2012
... and superannuation Bill Shorten, said that the measures "removes a barrier that would have prevented otherwise sound superfund mergers from proceeding." "We haven't abandoned the merger, we are just waiting until the legislation goes through," said AGEST ...

APRA empowered to chase rogue superfund directors

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAY 2012
... has passed legislation that will give the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority greater powers to pursue "rogue superfund directors". The Superannuation Legislation Amendment (Trustee Obligations and Prudential Standards) Bill 2012 provides the ...

Gap increasing between consumers and cost of advice

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2012
... likely to contact a financial planner, but the proportion who say they are most likely to contact their super fund or a superfund representative rather than a financial planner or accountant is increasing fast," said the report.

CGT relief paves way for super mergers

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2012
... fees and costs are lower. The tax relief announced today removes a barrier that would have prevented otherwise sound superfund mergers from proceeding," said the Minister. Under the tax relief, from June 1, 2012 to July 1, 2017, the Government will provide ...

Default super inquiry receives positive response

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 23 JAN 2012
The government inquiry into the selection and ongoing assessment of default super funds has been broadly welcomed within the industry. Financial Services Minister Bill Shorten revealed on Friday that the Productivity Commission inquiry would start early ...

Australian Ethical Investment appoints executive director

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 16 JAN 2012
Fund manager and superannuation provider Australian Ethical Investment has appointed former Lonsec distribution manager Steve Newnham executive director, business development. Newnham's appointment to the newly created position reflects Australian Ethical ...

Quantum launches US residential fund

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2011
... 10.3% which is slightly higher than the past ten year average of 9.66%, according to the US Census Bureau. The fund is superfund compliant and is open to both retail and wholesale investors and is targeting annual distributions to investors of 8-12% ...

SMSF cloud solution launched

RACHEL DAVIS  |  TUESDAY, 1 NOV 2011
... based, self-managed super fund business solution designed specifically for financial service providers has been launched. Superfund Wholesale is an automated setup and administration service for self managed super funds (SMSFs) designed for use by financial ...

superMate upgrades for SMSFs and advisers

LOREN RUGEBREGT  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2011
... data entry so accountants and advisers can do actual client based work to maximise return. Supercorp also developed Superfund and SuperVisor II Superannuation Software. It has been providing SMSF software and administration for more than 20 years.