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Energy Super partners with robo-adviser

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 22 APR 2016
... provides customer-centric solutions we can use immediately for our current members and prospective clients. It also gives good budget control and can be integrated seamlessly with our existing systems. "Our plan is for the online Decimal advice platform ...

Commodities slump stalling sovereign wealth growth

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2016
... has been hampered largely by sovereign wealth funds in oil-producing nations "fulfilling their function by providing for budget deficits in more challenging economic periods." In some cases, funds like this saw their assets under management more than ...

ASIC user-pay model "eminently sensible": SEC veteran

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2016
... one of her earlier initiatives and it didn't pass. It's eminently sensible," he said. He added, "When we looked at our budget, our entire budget was less than Goldman Sachs' IT budget. How do you police a marketplace that's so vast and evolving so quickly ...

Budget leak proposes super tax crackdown

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2016
An alleged federal budget leak has caught the ire of a superannuation representative group that says any hike in super taxes needs to consider each end of the income spectrum. The leak, first aired on Sky News, says the federal government will run an ...

Super's objective needs to get personal

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2016
... Slattery said. SMSFA reiterated the process also allows an opportunity to remove superannuation policy from the annual budget cycle by tying it to the Intergenerational Report. Industry consultant KPMG supports a shift in policy focus from wealth accumulation ...

CHOICE adds another super voice

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 11 APR 2016
... super is arguably the most important sector in the Australian economy but "if we only see superannuation as a source of budget savings, there's a risk that we miss out on a bigger problem at the heart of the system: the fact that far too many consumers ...

Federal Government told to stop 'tinkering' with superannuation

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2016
... bill, rather than through existing superannuation law. In its submission to the Commonwealth Government ahead of the 2016 budget, the FSC has released its proposed definition of 'objective of super'. The FSC's definition of the objective of super is ...

Gender super gap widest for women at lower income levels

WHITNEY FITZSIMMONS  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2016
... "significant new insights that the Government should consider carefully in the context of proposed superannuation changes in the budget." "It beggars belief that on current policy settings they will pay more tax on their super contributions from next ...

New boss for Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry

WHITNEY FITZSIMMONS  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2016
... are fortunate to have a person of James's calibre available to advocate the issues important to members. With a federal budget imminent and election looming, the Australian Chamber is soon to release our policy issues for all political parties to consider ...

ASIC releases 2016 enforcement report

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2016
... This report highlights our strong recent enforcement record and ongoing areas of focus." ASIC received a blow in the 2015 budget, taking a $44 million cut in 2015 from $368 million to $324 million, or around 12% of its budget. To reduce costs ASIC cut ...