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Super funds fail on carbon disclosure

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2011
... assessment of new and ongoing capital expenditure. The action generated support from the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI), which has over $300 billion under advice, including many of the country's largest industry funds, Local Government ...

Vow to take on financial planners

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2011
... number of insurances that we need to offer, including general insurance, risk insurance and self managed super and superannuation tends to flow into that as well. So our goal is to offer any products that are associated with property," said Brown. Vow ...

Super funds win merger tax relief

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2011
Merging superannuation funds have been granted a three-month tax relief extension by Financial Services and Superannuation Minister Bill Shorten. Minister Shorten today said that the Government would extend the temporary tax loss relief for consolidating ...

Macq Wrap releases new accounts

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2011
... Wrap creates accounts structure free of adviser rebates and commissions that offers a new range of investment, superannuation and pension accounts. The Consolidator Series has a flexible pricing structure that Macquarie said would allow advisers to adapt ...

ANZ plots wealth division growth

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2011
... efficiency and developing products which more easily integrate into the bank channel and work well in a simpler superannuation environment." Australian wealth funds under management are at $45.5 billion, subdued in difficult market conditions coupled ...

Energy Super first feature rollout

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2011
Energy Super, the newly merged offspring of ESI Super and SPEC Super, has taken its first actions in the market with the creation of a discount program targeting existing and new members. The program offers Energy Super members' discounts on a range ...

SuperChoice launches online payment platform

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2011
Superannuation clearing house SuperChoice is providing a new online solution for employee superannuation payments in conjunction with Sybiz Software. The product, Sybiz Visipay, will enable organisations to make staff super contributions to any compliant ...

Ministers backed to raise super contribution

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2011
Christian Super is supporting the decision by the Baptist Union of NSW and ACT to raise the superannuation levy for Ministers of Religion from 9 per cent to 11 per cent. There have been concerns that due to unique taxation arrangements to help churches ...

High level super talks on now

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2011
Top superannuation fund chiefs are today locked in high-level talks with Financial Services Minister Bill Shorten on a range of issues including raising the superannuation guarantee. Pauline Vamos, chief executive of the Association of Superannuation ...

SMSF trustees hit pension payment woe

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2011
Self-managed super fund trustees risk being hit by tax and forced liquidations in the pensions phase if they don't plan ahead, financial services firm HLB Mann Judd has warned. Michael Hutton, head of wealth management at the firm, said self-managed ...