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Member direct investment needs work

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2015
... education and getting people to understand how their investments react in various environments then I think you've got a problem," Colley said. He said market downturn generally drives people entering SMSFs because they think they can manage investments ...

Cbus opposes smaller super guarantee penalties

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2015
... indicates that as many as 11 to 20% of employers could be non-compliant with their super guarantee obligations. "This problem is getting bigger and is having an increasing impact on workers superannuation balances and, therefore, on government revenues," ...

PROFILE: J.P. Morgan head of Australia funds David Hallifax

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2015
... Herald Sun he had participated in in high school that he realised what he wanted to be: a stockbroker. There was just one problem: aside from "selling tea and coffee" at ANZ, he had no relevant qualifications. Rather than returning to the monkey puppet ...

Frydenberg relaxed about SMSF borrowing

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2015
Assistant Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has sent a clear signal that SMSF borrowing arrangements are unlikely to come under fire in upcoming tax reviews. In a speech to the Tax Institute, the Assistant Treasurer spoke widely about the parliament's tax and ...

Gloom and doom news is good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2015
... and the subsequent snap elections in Greece brings to the just-approved bail out of Athens. But this isn't Europe's only problem, China - its second biggest trading partner after the US - is too for it is slowing. This slowing speculation gained further ...

Super gender gap large, but closing

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2015
... The gap in the average super balances of men and women has closed considerably in the last decade but is still a major problem, the latest research from Roy Morgan shows. In the 12 months to June 2015, women with superannuation had an average balance ...

Super governance changes questioned

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2015
... raises doubt about the government's rationale "and reinforces the view that the changes are a solution in search of a problem." Yesterday Assistant Treasurer Josh Frydenberg announced the outcomes of recent super governance consultation and made several ...

PROFILE: SSGA head of Investment Solutions Group Mark Wills

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2015
Mark Wills once managed to play rugby, go to university, have a job and meet his future wife within a single year. But after managing to juggle so many activities during the early years of his career, today State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) head of ...

Bangkok bombs and Malaysia's terror

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2015
... lower interest rates to support growth but higher rates to tame inflationary pressures. However, this is a small beer problem compared with the political uncertainty, the mistrust for Prime Minister Najib Razak, over which the Malaysian central bank ...

One down, two to go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2015
... with Greece and the growth prospects in emerging markets, including China." One down, two to go. One's down. The Greek problem has been resolved - or kicked further down the road - with the announcement that a deal has been reached between Athens and ...