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Super tax breaks review could save $6.6bn: Grattan

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2015
... concession] costs are unsustainable and must be reined in." "Previous repeated changes to superannuation have been too timid. A wide gap remains between the goals of the system and what it delivers," Daley said. "Decisive reform must target super tax ...

New alternative beta fund answers hedge fund short-comings

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2015
... and implementing them efficiently with a focus on risk management and limiting trading costs, CFM believes it has found a gap in the market for an alternatives fund which meets most investors' needs. More than two decades of investment in quantitative ...

Super changes won't close gender retirement gap: AIST

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2015
... (AIST) has told a Senate inquiry that changes to the super system will not be enough to close the retirement savings gender gap. The AIST is calling for all workforce, pay and super policies to be examined under a gender lens and chief executive Tom ...

OPINION: Super is Murray's big rock

ANDREW BRAGG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2015
... super fund we can never leave that has been chosen for us in an enterprise agreement? Murray has uncovered a little understood gap in the super choice laws which allows employers and unions to lock employees into their chosen fund. Closing this loophole ...

Tax reform must not betray women

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2015
... from adjustments to excessive tax concessions for high income earners are not directed at improving the superannuation gender gap "it will be a betrayal of the women of Australia." That is the view of not-for-profit group Women in Super, who recently ...

NAB and FPA back super in PPL

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2015
... government should fund the Sex Discrimination Commissioner to monitor and report on the gendered nature of the retirement income gap, including the sufficiency of the pension; and through the Office for Women, the government should fund and co-ordinate ...

Australians undecided about higher super for women

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2015
... are undecided whether women should be paid a higher rate of superannuation to address the current retirement savings gender gap. According to a Sunsuper commissioned survey of more than 1500 Australians, answers were split almost equally when respondents ...

Paying super on parental leave could help gender gap: Mercer

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2015
... businesses don't pay superannuation whilst employees are on parental leave, adding another hurdle to addressing the super gender gap according to Mercer. The global investment and retirement consultant released its 2015 Gender Equity Report today, which ...

Super fund returns fall again in September

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2015
... Australian equites would have underperformed in the year to September. In market segment terms these results mean that the gap between not-for-profit (NFP) funds and retail funds is continuing as within the Workplace sector the 12 month return gap is ...

Banks face wealth management challenges

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2015
... their wealth operations. With the rise of robo-advice, a digital financial revolution is underway that will help bridge the gap between what consumers are willing to pay for advice and what advisers are willing to charge. "With such a large portion of ...