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Gonski to join APS board

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2012
... are very much looking forward to working with him," Cuffe said. Gonski led the Business and Community Partnerships Working Group on Taxation Reform set up by the Howard Government that resulted in a suite of changes to grow philanthropy, including the ...

Stonger Super second tranche amendments released

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2012
The government has released amendments to the second tranche of the Stronger Super legislation. This includes expanding the covenants for registrable superannuation entity (RSE) licensees, applying new trustee duties to trustees of an RSE that offers ...

Cheque's not yet in the mail

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2012
... as well as the positive vote of the Greek Parliament last Sunday. "At the same time, following today's Eurogroup Working Group meeting, it has appeared that further technical work between Greece and the troika is needed in a number of areas, including ...

UniSuper confirms working group

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 13 FEB 2012
UniSuper has confirmed it will establish a working group to review the defined benefit funding issues raised last year. The announcement follows a meeting held last Thursday between the UniSuper board, the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU), the ...

SuperStream exposure draft a positive step

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 13 FEB 2012
... continued to meet on a monthly basis to work through upcoming legislation. The current draft comes from the SuperStream working group which is focused on two objectives of account consolidation and the new draft outlining new standardisation process ...

Australian Custodial Services Association appoints new chair

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2011
... elected as Chair of ACSA. I have been very impressed with the dedication and commitment of Association members and working group participants on the development of the custody industry within Australia's broader financial services sector," said Jond. ...

Boost for corporate sector as Stronger Super details emerge

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2011
... of member accounts being lost due to incomplete or incorrect information being provided to funds. The SuperStream working group, which hopes to save $20 billion over the next decade by streamlining back office work in super, plans to have the proposed ...

First State Super and Health Super merger official

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUN 2011
Today marks the official merge date between Health Super and First State Super, creating a $30 billion fund with more than 770,000 members. First State Super (FSS) said the merger has created Australia's third largest super fund. From Health Super's ...

Guardian join AFA

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2011
... reduce membership fees for Guardian advisers. The two parties will also work together through the AFA's Licensee Working Group that communicates with the Government and regulators. "Our partnership with the AFA gives our advisers a stronger voice in ...

StatewideSuper to merge with Local Super

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 30 MAY 2011
... recently had its own merger with Equipsuper delayed after hitting hurdles in the fast-consolidating super space. A working group will be established to consider whether the merged entity would continue to outsource its administration to Vision, Szuster ...