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Demography must drive reform

ANDREW BRAGG, FSC DIRECTOR OF POLICY AND GLOBAL MARKETS  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2015
A clear Australian agenda for change which requires difficult reform over the next decade is emerging. Demography is a very significant challenge alongside the inefficient federation and Australia's national competitiveness. It is an issue which reaches ...

Super not "a top-up" for Age Pension: FSC

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2015
Superannuation should no longer be considered "a top-up" for the Age Pension and the tax treatment of super debate can't be brought up in isolation, the Financial Services Council (FSC) chief executive Sally Loane said in her inaugural speech. "The ...

Super tax subs worth $30bn in 2014

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2015
Just as the government prepares to release the latest edition of the Intergenerational Report and recommence the Senate battle to pass its 2014-15 Budget, Treasury has released its Tax Expenditures statement showing that superannuation tax subsidies ...

La Trobe Financial appoints head of institutional mandates

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2014
Credit specialist fund manager La Trobe Financial has appointed Martin Barry as vice president, head of institutional mandates and head of the Sydney office. Barry is a global securitisation specialist who previously consulted to Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi ...

Family trusts overlooked amid SMSF boom

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2014
Financial advisers are overlooking a huge range of benefits that family trusts have over self-managed super funds for their high net worth clients, according to HLB Mann Judd Sydney head of wealth management Michael Hutton. Hutton said that despite ...

Family offices returned 9% in 2013

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2014
The average family office has total assets of $890 million and achieved a return of 9% in 2013, the largest ever survey of the sector reveals. More than 200 family office principles from over 40 countries completed Campden Wealth Research's survey ...

FSC bids to lead retirement income debate

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2014
Financial Services Council (FSC) chief executive John Brogden has called for a national retirement income policy. In his keynote speech to the FSC Annual Conference, Brogden said the FSC would embrace the opportunity and lead the debate on taking superannuation ...

Industry bodies clash over pension age

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2013
The Productivity Commission's suggestion to lift the age pension to 70 years old has received a mixed reaction from financial services industry bodies. The Financial Services Council (FSC) is in favour of raising the preservation age for superannuation ...

Abbott's PPL scheme to hit Australia's charities

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2013
Federal treasurer Chris Bowen maintained his attack on the Coalition's proposed 1.5% levy on business that is intended to cover the paid parental leave (PPL) scheme, calling it "a retrograde step of quite enormous proportions." Speaking this morning ...

Baby boomers stagger blindfold into retirement: REST

MARK STORY  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2013
A whopping 86% of Australia's 5.5 million baby boomers are, in varying degrees, financially under-prepared for retirement, according to research release by industry super heavyweight REST Industry Super today. Dubbed The Journey Begins, the REST-commissioned ...