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Corp super gets health tick

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2007
Despite years of decline in corporate and public sector superannuation fund numbers, the latest Australian Prudential Regulatory Authority (APRA) figures show the funds that remain are in good health. According to Rainmaker data, the number of corporate ...

SPEC(Q) delivers electrifying returns

Super contributions and transfers into SPEC(Q), the super fund for people who work in Queensland's electro-technology sectors, has grown by over 40 per cent in 2006/07, at a time when the fund returned double-digit returns in the fourth consecutive ...

ATO signs up debt collection heavyweights

The Tax Office has signed four of the country's largest debt collection agencies to help collect outstanding tax debts and superannuation guarantee (SG) charge debts starting later this year. The Tax Office has appointed a panel of external collection ...

Australians top list but still underinsured

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2007
Despite a generally blasA(C) attitude to risk, and 64 per cent underinsurance, Australia still ranks as one of the developed world's best insured nations, according to a new AXA report. The 2007 AXA Protection Report compared attitudes to life risks ...

Apostle acquires IXIS' local distribution arm

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2007
Apostle Asset Management has acquired the IXIS Australia distribution arm through a management-led buy out. Karyn West, the managing director of Apostle who was also formerly in charge of IXIS Australia, said the advantage of the arrangement is they ...

SG payments made simpler

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2007
Employers who make a late Superannuation Guarantee (SG) payment will not pay the same amount twice under proposed changes by the Federal Government. Under existing rules, employers who do not make their SG contribution on time become liable for the ...

CBA counting on NAB and Westpac

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2007
National Australia Bank and Westpac may not be that likely to wind up their contract to source stockbroking services from IWL even once Commonwealth Bank takes control of the supplier of broking technology solutions. That, at least, is the view of the ...

Unisuper fills final committee space

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 20 SEP 2007
UniSuper has appointed former Emergency Services Superannuation Scheme chief executive Graham Dunstan to UniSuper's investment committee, filling the last open space. Dunstan's appointment follows the recent appointment of Mervyn Peacock as chair of ...

Testamentary trusts under review

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 20 SEP 2007
Testamentary trusts or funds set up in a person's will are a great way to ensure assets go to their rightful beneficiaries but the problem is these trusts are poorly understood. David Reid, lawyer at Donovan Oates Hannaford, said, "Many people have ...

Tawrrific APEC and the Berlin Wall

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 3 SEP 2007
The APEC party is getting under way but unless you're one of the 21 world leaders or part of the entourage, don't expect an invite. Organisers have for months been sending out not-so-subtle hints for locals to stay away or better still just leave town ...