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US and Aus open equities borders

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 26 AUG 2008
... develop Australia as a financial services hub, according to a statement from Senator Nick Sherry, minister for superannuation and corporate law. Included in the arrangement is the Enhanced Enforcement Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) and a new supervisory ...

Once lost, now found: super

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2008
... terms of producing ID and so on," said Maxine Jacona, legalsuper's chief operating officer. Meanwhile, minister for superannuation and corporate law, Senator Nick Sherry has welcomed "Super and Us Mob" - a new super booklet targeted at the indigenous ...

Govt revises temporary res super bill

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2008
... superannuation will remain in their fund while they are in Australia, rather than swept out annually," said minister for superannuation and corporate law, Senator Nick Sherry. "Departed residents will also be able to claim back, at any time, any superannuation ...

New super book for indigenous mob

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 5 AUG 2008
... superannuation, locating lost superannuation, providing tax file numbers and information about death benefits. Minister for superannuation and corporate law, Senator Nick Sherry, said the booklet is designed to assist indigenous super fund members understand ...

Contribs tax for women under review

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUL 2008
... debate on how the government can help narrow the gender gap on retirement savings. Senator Sherry, minister for superannuation and corporate law, told journalists at question time of an industry forum yesterday that one way the super savings of women ...

Introducing the Burnie Pub PDS

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2008
... English four-page forms by creating a template to prove it can be done. Today Senator Nick Sherry, Minister for Superannuation and Corporate Law, and Lindsay Tanner, Minister for Finance and Deregulation, announced new reforms to how PDSs should look ...

LUCRF makes history

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2008
... scale and the ability to operate at low fees, and they had union trustees, said Senator Nick Sherry, minister for superannuation and corporate law. The union campaign for employer-paid super became the model for the 9 per cent superannuation guaranteed ...

FPA backs 'advice within super' review

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2008
... said it will actively participate in any review of the system, as suggested by Senator Nick Sherry, Minister for Superannuation and Corporate Law. "If we need to provide greater clarity to Australians on the various business models that exist, which ...

New ombudsman service welcomed

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2008
... resolution services and will increase public awareness of the availability of this free service," said the minister for superannuation and corporate law, Senator Nick Sherry. Jenni Mack, chair of consumer group, CHOICE, echoed this sentiment. "Bringing ...

Swedish pension lessons for Australia

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2008
Senator Nick Sherry, minister for superannuation and corporate law, has suggested Australia look to Sweden's nationalised pension system for a model of how to operate a low-cost superannuation system. But is this the right comparison? The centrally ...