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ASIC calls for detailed disclosure on holdings of super funds

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAR 2012
... attitude that the Australian public is not engaged, said Medcraft, speaking at AIST's annual Conference of Major Superannuation Funds (CMSF). The lack of transparency on exactly how funds are invested is potentially driving members away from the prudentially ...

Calls for super industry to up focus on beta

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAR 2012
... institutional investors. But, Atkin said there is a fundamental disconnect in markets operating short-term, when superannuation is a long-term activity, and that needs to be corrected in the way funds are assessed in terms of returns and mandates. "In ...

Australia's Apple

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAR 2012
... billion in infrastructure spending -- roads, rail and ports - and more money to retire on (increased compulsory superannuation from 9% to 12% by 2020). But these super profits, and all the wonderful things promised it will spawn in our domestic economy ...

Financial Standard launches SelectingSuper iPad app

RACHEL DAVIS  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAR 2012
... newspaper iPadA(R) app in August last year. The SelectingSuper iPadA(R) app provides the first opportunity for superannuation funds and their members to read the comprehensive educational information and research about their super through the iPad. The ...

FSC urges Senate to vote for SG rise

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 19 MAR 2012
The Financial Services Council is urging Senators to pass legislation to increase the superannuation guarantee, tabled for today, saying Australians would benefit to the tune of $184bn as a result. New research carried out by Rice Warner Actuaries for ...

Super funds should refocus on fixed interest

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 19 MAR 2012
Superannuation funds need to readjust their view of fixed interest to see its potential as a pre-retirement asset class and its complexities. Dr Doug McTaggart, chief executive of QIC, said that rather than super funds thinking about fixed interest ...

Govt launch MRRT super site

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 19 MAR 2012
... improvement in their retirement savings. In a joint statement with the Bill Shorten, Minister for Financial Services & Superannuation, Deputy Prime Minister and Treasurer Wayne Swan said that under the proposed Minerals Resource Rent Tax (MRRT) a 30 ...

Breach in contrib caps should not be taken for revenue: CPA

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2012
Speaking at the House of Representatives Committee on Economics inquiry today, Michael Davison, superannuation policy adviser, CPA, warned against using a "sledgehammer for a walnut" by overcomplicating the law for a very small number who purposefully ...

Senate committee gives FOFA green light

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2012
... of the timeshare product from the ban on conflicted remuneration, a call for Treasury to consult with corporate superannuation firms on alternate models of FOFA-aligned remuneration and ASIC's close supervision of the use of asset-based fees. The committee ...

Unions, AIST hit back at Abbott comments

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2012
... Government of the nation signalling very clearly his intention to attack one of the best performing sectors of the superannuation industry," said O'Connor. "Taking workers' money out of industry funds will make workers poorer and bankers richer. For ...