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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
The announcement of changes to the superannuation taxation system this morning has ended speculation, allowing savers and voters to focus on the future, the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) said. Treasurer Wayne Swan and Minister ...

Super will improve under Labor: Shorten

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2013
The Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation Bill Shorten indicated that Labor plans to "improve" super at the sixth Super Roundtable held yesterday as part of the Gillard Government's reform agenda. Shorten hosted the roundtable that brought ...

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
Tasmania's public sector superannuation fund, Retirement Benefits Fund (RBF) has mandated two new fund managers following an extensive restructure of its $1.1 billion Australian equities portfolio. The new structure has made it possible for the fund ...

MLC removes managers

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 13 DEC 2012
Four Australian equities managers have been let go in a shakeup of two of National Australia Bank-owned MLC's investment strategies, the wealth manager revealed yesterday. Three new Australian equities managers were also appointed, with the changes ...

Woe R'Us

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2012
... expectations about economic conditions over the next year fell to 91.1 from 93.3 in September. Australians might be expecting an Abbot election, or a Gillard re-election. Expectations five years down the track declined to 93.6 from 98.1. The why's and ...

Abbott government to index military pensions

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2012
In a major speech on military policy to the Returned Services League national conference this morning, opposition leader Tony Abbott vowed to index military retirement pensions if elected next year. "An incoming coalition government would finally offer ...

Two down, one to go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2012
Two down. European Central Bank bond purchases -- Outright Monetary Transactions (OMTs) - open-ended at that: Check. German Constitutional Court's verdict on the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) bailout fund: Check. Ja! Jawohl! "'The review has concluded ...

NAB AS wins Maple-Brown Abbott mandate

RACHEL DAVIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAY 2012
National Australia Bank's Asset Servicing division has been appointed to provide custodial and administration services to Maple-Brown Abbott's retail funds, one of nine new clients the business has won in the past nine months. With approximately $10 ...