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Super tax concessions not overly generous: Mercer

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2013
Against the backdrop of intense political debate, Mercer has released research which it states proves Australians do not receive unfair tax advantages through superannuation. Today Mercer said that its research "defused" the hotly debated idea that ...

Dignity Super's main aim, ASFA reminds politicians

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2013
Dignity is the primary goal of the country's retirement system, the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia reminded the Federal Government yesterday. Speculation over changes that both the Gillard Government and the Federal Opposition would ...

Coalition wants fund governance changes: Fletcher

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 5 FEB 2013
... recommended by the Cooper Review but not progressed by Labor," said Fletcher. Fletcher said that Australia's retirement system currently has a distinct problem: the temptation to use superannuation resources to advance industrial and political agendas. ...

Media super ups disclosure, lodges MySuper application

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2013
... the Federal Government's MySuper reforms. The reform, part of the Gillard Government's overhaul of Australia's retirement system called Stronger Super, means that pension funds that want to offer a MySuper product need to apply to the prudential regulator ...

FPA grief over new fee rules

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2013
... Financial Advice (FoFA) reforms. Brought in under the Federal Government's Stronger Super reform of Australia's retirement system, the FoFA regulations stamped out most commissions to make sure financial advice was fair. Financial Planning Association ...

Super funds argue against unfair fee rules

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2013
... for people with large balances. MySuper, which is part of the broader Stronger Super overhaul of Australia's retirement system, will see pension funds offer members a no-frills, easy to understand investment product. Several groups have this week told ...

US pension fund pulls gun investments

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2013
California State Teachers Association Retirement System (Calstrs), a $154 billion US pension fund, looks set to pull its investments in gun manufacturers in light of the recent mass shooting at Sandy Hook. California Treasurer and board member Bill ...

Australia ranks third in Global Pensions

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 15 OCT 2012
The 2012 Mercer Global Pension Index has shown that Australia has come in third place out of 18 countries, beating the likes of Switzerland, Canada and the UK. The index which covers over half of the world's population has found that Australia's retirement ...

Super debate flawed: ASFA

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2012
... refocuses the debate on the vast majority of the population with little in retirement savings. "A successful retirement system has broad coverage: This means public policy must be focused on achieving better retirement savings for the bulk of the Australian ...

CalPERS awards Citi $28bn in securities lending assets

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2012
A securities lending auction of US$43 billion in US equities for the California Public Employees' Retirement System has awarded Citi exclusive borrowing access to US$28 billion of the assets. The auction was conducted in the by eSecLending, a global ...