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SuperStream passes Lower House

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2012
... superannuation industry is still wary. The measures were contained in the Superannuation Legislation Amendment (Stronger Super) Bill 2012 that will implement changes recommended by the Cooper review into Australia's superannuation system. "The super ...

Australian shares outperform all other asset classes

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2012
... lower," said Greg Liddell, Russell's director of consulting and advisory services. As part of the government's Stronger Super reforms, legislation has recently been introduced that requires superannuation fund trustees to consider the expected after-tax ...

APRA: Third line of defence in Trio-style fraud

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2012
... prudential remit." APRA's plans for greater prudential control over superannuation funds were also cited. "The Stronger Super reforms will have a significant impact on funds and regulators over the next 12 months, prior to the introduction of MySuper ...

Plan For Life predicts retail managed fund growth

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2012
... forecast said. Recently released results from Plan For Life's Strategic Insight report stated that FOFA in addition to Stronger Super, which aims to restructure key elements in superannuation, accounting for more than 70% of managed fund assets, is having ...

AIST warns MySuper deadline tight

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2012
... bill is the third tranche of legislation implementing the Government's MySuper and governance reforms as part of 'Stronger Super'. The first tranche of legislation was introduced to the Parliament on 3 November 2011 as the Superannuation Legislation ...

AustralianSuper wins landmark IBM mandate

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2012
... 'Cooper Review' in 2010, the Company has been reviewing its superannuation strategy. Consideration of the subsequent "Stronger Super' reforms in 2011 caused a further assessment of the merits of continuing to run a standalone corporate fund," the notice ...

CGT relief paves way for super mergers

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2012
... AustralianSuper. Industry has welcomed the move following months of lobbying, saying the relief will assist implementation of Stronger Super reforms. "It's particularly significant for the not-for-profit sector, where we know that many funds were trying ...

Calls for CGT merger relief

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2012
... AustralianSuper and ASFA. With the rising trend of super fund mergers in the lead up to the introduction of the Government's Stronger Super reforms, the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has argued that it is fitting for the Government ...

Super scale requires immediate action

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2012
Super funds must act on scale now if they are to perform well under the Stronger Super reforms, according to a retirement head at Mercer, with forward projections a necessary outcome. Under the Stronger Super reforms, super trustees will have to determine ...

Funds remain unconvinced on lifecycle MySuper product

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAR 2012
... will be permissible. The regulator has acknowledged that while the timeframe for MySuper implementation set by the Stronger Super legislation is tight, funds will not be surprised by the contents of prudential standards.