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SPAA urges SMSF auditors to register with regulator

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2013
... audit engagement without being registered after this date. The new register is part of the Australian Government's 'Stronger Super' reforms aimed at making the Australian superannuation system more efficient. "The ability to identify registered SMSF ...

Media super ups disclosure, lodges MySuper application

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2013
... MySuper reforms. The reform, part of the Gillard Government's overhaul of Australia's retirement system called Stronger Super, means that pension funds that want to offer a MySuper product need to apply to the prudential regulator for a license. "The ...

FPA grief over new fee rules

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2013
... rules that are part of the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) reforms. Brought in under the Federal Government's Stronger Super reform of Australia's retirement system, the FoFA regulations stamped out most commissions to make sure financial advice was ...

Super funds argue against unfair fee rules

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2013
... cap administration fees to keep them fair for people with large balances. MySuper, which is part of the broader Stronger Super overhaul of Australia's retirement system, will see pension funds offer members a no-frills, easy to understand investment ...

Trustee liability issues surface at PJC

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2013
... which is investigating the final bill of the Gillard Government's MySuper legislation, part of its wide-ranging Stronger Super reforms, on 22 January this month. While it is an advocate for making fund directors - whether individual or collectively as ...

First State Super tracking well after merger

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2013
... merger was hard enough, but this was also coupled with the regulatory challenges brought on the federal governments Stronger Super reforms, and any super fund deserves credit just for rising to the challenge of either hurdle, he said. As well as better ...

AIST argues for fee-cap in MySuper submission

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2013
... product," said AIST project manager David Haynes. AIST, which had made submissions to every stage of the Government's Stronger Super reforms, has also argued for changes to the product dashboard, and to ensure that all third-party arrangements are fair. ...

Wealth CEO's lambast regulatory reforms

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 10 DEC 2012
... management industry don't think that new regulation, such as the Future of Financial Advice reforms (FoFA) and Stronger Super even pass a simple cost-benefit test, said John Brogden, chief executive, Financial Services Council (FSC). The FSC's annual ...

New after-tax system for Qantas Super

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2012
... savings," he said. Spence acknowledged the timeliness of the new system given new trustee obligations under the Stronger Super reforms to explicitly consider the tax consequences of investing and evaluate outcomes on an after-tax basis. Qantas Super ...

New MD for Plum Financial Services

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2012
... continues on its next stage of growth as well as gearing up for significant regulatory change, including preparing for Stronger Super," said Scott Hartley, executive general manager of corporate institutional wealth.