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superMate upgrades for SMSFs and advisers

LOREN RUGEBREGT  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2011
... 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.

Govt provides reverse mortgage guarantees

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2011
... legislation to increase protection around reverse mortgages. Assistant Treasurer and Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation, Bill Shorten, claims the extra protection will reduce negative equity and offer certainty about what will happen ...

Govt uncertainty plagues wealth mgmt industry

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2011
... executives from wealth management companies by Financial Services Council (FSC) and PwC found proposed reforms to superannuation and financial advice were universally held as the number one concern for wealth management leaders. John Brogden, chief executive ...

Super funds hit back at anti-carbon tax groups

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2011
Superannuation funds and fund managers have warned against the advertising campaign against the carbon tax, with concerns it's misleading the public and threatening a shareholder resolution. The Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC), responsible for ...

Tax rules set for TPD insurance deductibility

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2011
Proposed amendments to superannuation tax law will make it easier for self-managed super funds to work out their tax deductions for insurance, an SMSF expert has said. The draft legislation, released yesterday, specifies how much of the premium for ...

New ESG guidelines to aid super investors

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2011
... under a new reporting guide launched today. The Financial Services Council (FSC) and the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) have teamed up to produce the ESG Reporting Guide for Australian Companies. The guide includes essential information ...

Government bowing to pressure on super risk commissions

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2011
The government looks set to revoke plans to altogether ban commissions on risk insurance within superannuation as it prepares to submit draft legislations on the future of financial advice in September. Speaking at the Financial Services Council conference ...

Industry super funds show patchy approach to emergency reserves

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2011
... accounts, the report said, but Deloittes would not name them. Pauline Vamos, chief executive of the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia, said in the past industry funds had been actively discouraged from having reserves by the regulator. ...

Star hire strengthens IOOF adviser drive

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2011
... Weldon started work yesterday as the new head of platform products, bringing with him a decade of experience across superannuation and investment markets. The platform has $25 billion in funds under management. Most recently Weldon helped launch MLC ...

Former AIST chief takes on age discrimination

RACHEL DAVIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2011
Former president of the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST), Susan Ryan has been appointed as the new age discrimination commissioner. The role will be allocated $4 million over four years through the Australian Human Rights Commission. ...