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Super future hangs on High Court decision

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2011
Super funds will be keenly watching the outcome of a precedent making High Court case that has the potential to destroy a major plank of superannuation legislation, an industry body said today. Market research company Roy Morgan Research has challenged ...

Hands off collectables: SISFA

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 APR 2011
The Small Independent Superannuation Funds Association has asked the Government to leave the rules on collectables in self-managed super funds unchanged. The organisation has made a submission on the Government's draft legislation regarding collectables ...

Financial planners crushed by rigid ATO

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2011
Rigid contribution cap rules with no ability to amend mistakes are causing financial planners to be caught by a new surge of compensation claims, industry leaders have said. Dante de Gori, general manager of policy and government relations for the Financial ...

JMK rules

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2011
Inured or undaunted? This is the question that pops in my head watching the financial markets' reaction to the current events that normally would sap optimism out of any rational human investor. Inured? Yes Virginia, you're well aware of all the troubles ...

Building a compelling case for direct property

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2011
... Parlevliet and Reily agreed that it takes about $1 billion to assemble a quality diversified direct property portfolio. Using the rule of thumb that property is about 10 per cent of the fund it means it's best suited to funds of about $10 billion, said ...

SG needed to save retirees: Shorten

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2011
Thousands of 100-year-old baby boomers will live out their last days in poverty unless superannuation changes are passed, Assistant Treasurer Bill Shorten has told delegates at the Conference of Major Super Funds. Minister Shorten, who flew to the Gold ...

Super policies shortchange women

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2011
Women are severely disadvantaged by existing government rules on super, with new research that shows two in five women accumulate less than a year's worth of super come retirement. A survey of more than 800 Australian women, aged between 50 to 80 years ...

Speed bumps to annuities

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAR 2011
Existing government rules on certain retirement products are stifling growth and innovation in annuities - affecting how super funds can address longevity risk, according to a Towers Watson report. Under the current tax and the age pension means test ...

Last call for your say on law change

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2011
Submissions close at 5pm today on draft laws the Federal Government claims will encourage foreign companies to set up headquarters in Australia. The reforms affect the Controlled Foreign Company and Foreign Accumulation Fund rules. Industry commentators ...

Greeks, chips and slicks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2011
... what will happen if oil stays higher for longer. The global recovery is kaput. But according to The Economist magazine, "A rule of thumb is that a 10% increase in the price of oil will cut a quarter of a percentage point off global growth. With the world ...