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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.

Asset Super and CareSuper merger set for October

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 3 SEP 2012
... achieved with only one fund, rather than two, undertaking the significant amount of work needed to meet the new Stronger Super requirements," said CareSuper chief Julie Lander. CareSuper will be the successor fund with Asset members merging into Care ...

BTFG launches adviser website with financial reforms focus

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 30 AUG 2012
... reforms. FRANK, an acronym for financial reform, advice, news and knowledge focuses on regulatory changes around Stronger Super and the Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) by way of articles designed to explain aspects of the legislative changes in addition ...

APRAs' best intentions misleading: Super industry

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 28 AUG 2012
... expected frequency of negative annual returns over a 20 year period. APRA's measure is part of the Government's Stronger Super reforms, which identified that many consumers - particularly those who were exposed to losses during the global financial crisis ...

MLC appoints super funds board member

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2012
... to his retirement in 2011 to pursue directorships and advisory roles. He is a member of the Federal Government's Stronger Super Governance Working Group, deputy president of the Accounting Foundation - University of Sydney, member and immediate past ...

Higher profits/lower dividends: AMP FHY result

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2012
... implementation costs, it said. AMP expects that the one-off cost of implementing the Future of Financial Advice reforms, stronger super and other changes could be as high as $75 million, $52 million of which has been put in the coffers at 30 June 2012. ...

Mercer: Stronger Super adds pressure on funds

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2012
The compliance and cost burden created by Stronger Super reforms will put unprecedented pressure on the Australian corporate super fund industry, according to Mercer. Mercer said since the inception of compulsory super, the number of corporate super ...

ASIC boosts Stronger Super education program

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2012
... developed several initiatives to inform and educate the superannuation industry through the implementation of the Stronger Super reforms. The regulator's decision to assist the industry with complying with the Stronger Super regime follows the recent ...

Kinks in Stronger Super armour

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 23 JUL 2012
Consolidation resulting from Stronger Super has the potential to lead to perverse outcomes, according to one Russell Investments executive. Speaking at the Russell Australian Investment Summit on Friday, Graham Harman, director of Capital Markets Research ...

Govt targets early release schemes; defers SMSF transfer ban

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 16 JUL 2012
... Promoters of illegal early release superannuation schemes will face tough penalties as part of the Government's Stronger Super reforms. Minister for superannuation, Bill Shorten, announced the crack down targeting schemes promoted as a means of accessing ...