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Sure 25 but maybe 50

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2012
... government's insistence on delivering a budget surplus by next fiscal year by cutting fiscal spending, raiding superannuation, increasing taxes and whatever more it needs to do to not renege on this "promise". Not to mention the general business uncertainty ...

Less tax appeal for high income earners in super

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2012
High-income earners are set to see superannuation tax concessions cut in next week's budget. The move to increase tax on concessional contributions to 30% is likely to affect the approximately 128,000 Australians who earn more than $300,000 a year. ...

MySuper consultation draws focus on divisions

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2012
... over inequalities between the not for profit and retail sectors. The draft legislation, released by Minister for Superannuation Bill Shorten on Friday, requires super funds to publish details of director and executive pay, details of what assets the ...

APRA releases draft prudential standards

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2012
... proposing to introduce prudential standards covering topics common to other APRA-regulated industries as well as superannuation-specific topics and expects the majority of the standards to take effect on 1 July 2013. The Australian Prudential Regulation ...

Macquarie Bank launches SMSF property loan

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2012
... SMSFs has accelerated in the past ten years, with SMSFs accounting for almost one third of the $1.4 trillion of superannuation assets in Australia. Macquarie Bank predicts SMSF assets are expected to more than double in funds to approximately $1.0 trillion ...

Australian shares on SMSF's radar

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2012
SMSF trustees are increasingly turning their attention to Australian shares, according to Multiport's recent quarterly SMSF Investment Patterns Survey. The survey covers around 1,800 funds and is administered on a daily basis which ensures that data ...

MLC: Seniors more engaged online

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2012
Seniors are more likely to engage with their superannuation fund online, according to new research from MLC. Clients aged between sixty and seventy are more likely to check their superannuation account online at least once every six months, despite ...

Trustee reforms risk being neutered

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2012
Speculation is growing that superannuation minister Bill Shorten will announce reforms to the operation of trustee boards, but if the reforms don't take account of trustee companies the reforms will be toothless. The Australian Financial Review and ...

Governance Australia's best export to Asia

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2012
... much by observing how Australia built a thriving sector supported by a large pensions industry. "The [Australian] superannuation [industry] had US$1.28 trillion in assets as of December 2011, from a population of just 22 million which is about the size ...

Research warns super funds on reporting

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2012
... principle number one - performance should be calculated on a time weighted basis," said Andrew Boal, convener of the Superannuation Practice Committee for the Actuaries Institute. The analysis also warns against funds deducting off non-investment fees ...