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Government scraps proposed SMSF transfer changes

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2013
The federal government has scrapped proposed amendments to the Taxation and Superannuation Laws (2013 Measures No. 1) Bill 2013 banning self-managed super funds (SMSF) from carrying out off-market transfers of listed securities. Under the proposal ...

SuperStream data standards superficial

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAY 2013
... date to establish a coordinating body to manage governance issues, respective industry associations are working to independent timetables. The SGP said priority must be given to the implementation of the 3-day rollover processing performance standard. ...

Super changes ease political and financial uncertainty

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2013
... this will serve to remove superannuation from the annual federal budget cycle and the political debate and allow an independent body, similar to the RBA to determine the appropriate policy setting for the super system," said FPA chief executive Mark ...

CFS appoints new general manager

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2013
... responsible for the development and implementation of the growth strategy for CFS clients, through both aligned and independent financial planners," a CFS spokesperson told Financial Standard. In other changes, Scott Durbin, who was the acting general ...

SPAA raises alarm on draft SMSF rules

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2013
... unchanged, from 1 July this year specific prohibitions against related party transactions and force trustees to get an independent valuation for other off market transactions. The legislation is the government's response to the Cooper Review that found ...

Dignity Super's main aim, ASFA reminds politicians

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2013
... legislations has increased after an election date (14 September) was set by Prime Minister Julia Gillard last week. The independent representative body The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) yesterday said that any change to superannuation ...

Give super fund directors more time: Gonski

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2012
... Australia conference in Sydney last week. "Directors must be allowed to plan for the future." Gonski, who is also an independent non-executive chairman of Coca-Cola Amatil and Investec Bank, says that directors' performance should be evaluated every ...

CBUS investments in CMFEU sights

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2012
... any further intensification of protests could reinforce calls by sections of the wealth management industry for more independent trustees to be appointed to fund boards. The CFMFEU trustees on the board include: David Noonan, national secretary of the ...

AFA: Productivity Commission caves in to Shorten's pressure

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2012
... place to decide the appointment of default funds and it argues that this option would be cheaper than setting up an independent body to decide these matters. "We are very concerned about the influences on superannuation policy and we question, the appropriateness ...

APRA requirements welcomed by sector

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 20 SEP 2012
... performance. "When it comes to comparing superannuation performance, consumers can have the confidence that APRA's data is independent and free of any conflicts of interest," said AIST chief executive officer Fiona Reynolds. Reynolds said she hoped the ...