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Government to update More Super calculator

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2013
... time they retire at 67." They also took the opportunity to fire a shot at the opposition, saying, "The only thing Tony Abbott and the Liberal Party are interested in is cutting superannuation to the bone."

Coalition super plan to harm retirees, low income earners

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2013
... inadequate savings according to the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST). Last night Opposition Leader Tony Abbott announced in his budget reply speech that a Coalition government would delay the SG increase by two years. AIST chief ...

Coalition will delay SG rise, abolish LICS

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2013
Opposition leader Tony Abbott has delivered his budget reply speech, announcing delays or suspension of superannuation intitiatives that were meant to be funded from taxes that a Coalition government intends repealing should it win office. These initiatives ...

Austerity can be hazardous to your health

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2013

Financial markets give the budget a big yawn

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2013
... everything else is up on the air and given the certainty of a Coalition win come 14 September, it'll be certainly up to Tony Abbott and his band of cheery men to decide which ones to keep and which ones to throw back at Swannie. The financial markets ...

Abbott super cut to affect low income Australians: Shorten

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 22 APR 2013
Around one in three working Australians will be denied up to $500 each year under opposition leader Tony Abbott's plan to cut the Low Income Superannuation Contribution (LISC), minister for Financial Services and Superannuation Bill Shorten said. According ...

Super changes ease political and financial uncertainty

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2013
... and it remains to be seen exactly what impact today's announcement will have on the electorate. Opposition leader Tony Abbott has said he will fight to block the latest changes. "'It is a raid on people. Every time a government raids people's funds ...

Super will improve under Labor: Shorten

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2013
... Australia's super system. "The government supports the super system strongly...We want to build up the system, not like Mr Abbott who wants to tear it down. The Government will go through its normal budget process through this period, we'll go about ...

Maple-Brown Abbott moves into global listed infra

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2013
Investment manager Maple-Brown Abbott yesterday said it would launch a new global listed infrastructure investment strategy. The investment team for the new strategy will include Andrew Maple-Brown, Steven Kempler, Lachlan Pike and Justin Lannen. All ...

RBF shakes up fund with two new mandates

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2013
... which has an ASX50 mandate, and Concise, which has been given a midcap mandate. These new managers replace Maple-Brown Abbott, Solaris and Paradice which were all managing broad cap mandates. RBF has retained Schroders, Tribeca and Invesco. RBF chief ...