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Voluntary top-up contribs not enough: ASFA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2011
... salary sacrifice only really begins to pick up after the age of 45," said ASFA in its latest policy report, Spotlight on Henry. The problem with this low and late take-up is too few people are benefiting from the long term impact of compound interest ...

Super funds to disclose pay, raise board governance: AIST

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2011
... consensus on the more controversial changes on the table," she said. Anne MacNamara, a partner at superannuation law firm Henry Davis York, raised the issue of multiple board directorship conflicts at a governance training session. MacNamara said conflicts ...

Seniors question policy hold-up on retirement

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 25 FEB 2011
... that while the various policy reviews were a positive step, no apparent overarching strategy was being established. "The Henry tax review, the Cooper superannuation review, even aged care reform, will have implications on retirement income planning but ...

Smarter annuities can plug retirement savings gap

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 10 FEB 2011
... OnePath, is comfortable with levels of risk management but said the government should take heed of recommendations in the Henry report. "There's certainly things the government could do in facilitating the private sector in terms of issuing long dated ...

Coalition still unconvinced on 12 pc SG

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 OCT 2010
... in the default fund market". Senator Cormann also raised major concerns about why the government rejected advice from the Henry Review that increasing SG is socially inequitable. "Specifically, the Henry Review pointed out that the burden of any superannuation ...

Lower tax rate opens local property to foreign investors

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 21 OCT 2010
... available before as the 30 per cent rate was deemed too expensive. The changes, recommended by both the Johnson Report and the Henry Tax Review, will come into effect from the 2013-14 income year and were made in a bid to support banking competition ...

Planner associations at different stages globally

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 12 OCT 2010
... The US industry's lack of compulsory superannuation obviously makes a significant difference along with the three reviews (Henry, Ripoll and Cooper) on Australia's industry also having an effect, yet it is also the stage at which the industry is developing ...

Super tax breaks unaffordable: Treasury

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 SEP 2010
... broken, but it is fragile and needs renovation to address current and future pressures." This agenda should be based on the Henry Tax Review, which should constitute a 10-year reform plan. Treasury also warned the returned government that the structural ...

Market Wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 16 SEP 2010
... economics news on Thursday, Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) assistant governor (economic) Dr Philip Lowe, Treasury Secretary Ken Henry and OECD chief statistician Martine Durand are scheduled to speak at the NatStats 2010 conference at Darling Harbour ...

ASFA principles recommend super industry changes

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 7 SEP 2010
... been characterised by an unprecedented level of policy reform in the superannuation sector, which includes the landmark Henry Review, Cooper Review and Future of Financial Advice reform," ASFA chief executive Pauline Vamos said. ASFA is taking a multi-level ...