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Super's objective needs to get personal

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2016
... retirement income." It also supports the adoption of overarching principles including adequacy, sustainability, certainty and fairness. KPMG has also submitted its ideas around super taxation and calls for the review of all legislative impediments around ...

Government lagging on super policy: Labor

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2016
... policy. Chalmers outlined four key concerns with the current superannuation system, listing adequacy, the gender gap, fairness of the system and compliance as the major areas of concern. "The way our superannuation exists it doesn't always provide for ...

Labor will announce retirement income priorities

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2016
... counterproductive if you think about the pension system and care about retirement incomes. It's a real backward step on fairness. The impact this will have on the system will be substantial." Chalmers said it was important Labor didn't "swing at every ...

Adequacy benchmark to help define super

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2016
... gap in super," Garcia said. "If super tax changes are indeed announced in the upcoming budget and they fail to pass the fairness test, super will - and should become - a significant election issue, if it isn't already." Federal Assistant Treasurer Kelly ...

Govt announces superannuation's objective

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2016
... objective will provide a way in which competing superannuation proposals can be measured and a framework for evaluating the fairness, adequacy and sustainability of the superannuation system," they said. But while no formal objective of superannuation ...

Retirement income goal would solve super's issues: CSRI

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2016
... enshrining a retirement income objective, the government should also lay out a number of supporting principles - ensuring fairness and equity; assisting individuals manage financial risks; providing certainty with necessary safeguards; and contributing ...

Super not for plugging Budget holes: AIST

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2016
The focus of superannuation tax reform should be on improving fairness rather than introducing Capital Gains Tax changes that will reduce retirement income for all Australians, The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) has said. Commenting ...

ANZ rolls out new executive team

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2016
... include being Australia's "only true regional bank" and building a "strong, cohesive culture known for ethics, values and fairness." Elliott has now appointed Mark Whelan as group executive institutional. Whelan was most recently ANZ chief executive ...

Public sector retirees angry over income exemption cuts

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2016
... to the new cap. A spokesman for the Minister of Social Services, Christian Porter, said the change is about ensuring fairness in how income is treated when deciding how much taxpayer income support a person should receive. "Defined benefits are a generous ...

ING DIRECT inks deal with advice association

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2015
... get ahead with their super, which aligns with our proposition about helping our customers to get ahead through value, fairness and transparency." FPA chief executive Mark Rantall said that the partnership has been modeled on the one that the association ...