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SMSF body moves against super death tax

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUL 2011
The financial services community now has the chance to comment on the recent draft tax ruling affecting self-managed super funds that some have called a death tax by stealth. Peter Burgess, technical director of the Self-Managed Super Fund Professionals' ...

LGS earns sustainability award

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUL 2011
... monitor and address ESG issues across all asset classes." "We also believe that it's important to encourage other superannuation funds to invest responsibly. Given their fiduciary duty to all Australians, super funds are in an ideal position to integrate ...

Astarra director convicted by NSW Supreme Court

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2011
... Investors lost $180 million from two investment funds managed by Trio Capita, namely Astarra Strategic and ARP Growth. Superannuation funds harmed by the Trio scandal received $55 million from a compensation levy on APRA-regulated funds. Self-managed ...

Real estate may cause super tax headache

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2011
Real estate investments within superannuation would cause the biggest issue when pension-phase funds revert to accumulation on the death of the member, a self-managed super fund expert said today. David Busoli, national head of education for Cavendish ...

Trade union boss pushes for SG raise

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2011
... challenges faced by Australian women at work and in retirement, Kearney spoke of the benefits of the proposal to raise Superannuation Guarantee (SG) to 12% and urged delegates to support the measures and demand the same from the Liberal Opposition party. ...

AMP embeds AXA management into new structure

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2011
... wealth management products division, led by former director of product manufacturing Rob Caprioli, will manage all superannuation, retirement and investment products and platforms, including North. Another new division is strategic sales and marketing ...

Super funds drop fees after merger

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2011
Superannuation funds Cuesuper and NGS Super reduced their fees in what is believed to be the first time a merger has resulted in lower costs for members. Tom Taylor, chairman of Cuesuper, speaking at the Mergers & Acquisitions for Super Funds 2011 in ...

North platform lands new head in AMP restructure

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2011
... banking and wealth management products, including responsibility for the North platform. Caprioli will also manage superannuation, retirement and investment products for AMP Bank. Caprioli had been director, product manufacturing since joining AMP in ...

Investor eyes fixing on fixed interest

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2011
... George Vassos The demand will be further fuelled by the need for income streams due to the increasing share of superannuation assets held by retirees, which is expected to double from 20% of the superannuation to 40%, according to industry research published ...

A minute to midnight sees super funds merge

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2011
What difference can a midnight minute make to a merger? Do you combine your super funds at 12.01am on July 1? Or 11.59pm on June 30? Those vital 60 seconds were pondered during an afternoon talk by Graeme Russell, chief executive officer of First Super ...