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Super funds get serious about social media

MARK STORY  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2013
... members can connect with will be critical," explains Buchan who worked with leading industry super fund, legalsuper on its 'Law Revue of the Year' Facebook campaign. Buchan argues that while risk management is essential when using social media, it shouldn't ...

Social media a counter-balance to info overload

MARK STORY  |  TUESDAY, 5 FEB 2013
... them," says Zelman. "It's also possible to find Australian outsourcing companies based offshore operating under Australian law." Given that good social media is all about building and managing relationships at scale, then by definition, Gardner concluded ...

Government gives tax certainty for deceased estates

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2013
... whom a pension was being paid. To address these concerns, the Government announced on 22 October 2012 that it will amend the law to allow the pension earnings tax exemption to continue following the death of a pension recipient until the deceased member's ...

Super funds argue against unfair fee rules

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2013
Representatives for the superannuation industry have argued against a Federal Government decision that would stop funds capping administration fees under draft reform laws. Speaking before a Parliamentary Joint Committee that is investigating the last ...

Grexin Brixit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2013
Well, well, well...what do you know? Over the past few weeks we've been keeping an eye on that other half of the US fiscal cliff - the budget spending cuts - and the lifting, or not, of the debt ceiling. That's been sorted (well, almost) last night ...

Trio Capital action group to put forward Federal Candidate

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2013
... getting nowhere," Matters said. Many of the investors who lost money were exposed through self managed super funds and the law does not cover them for losses they suffer as a result of fraud, "they were told they were swimming outside of the flags," ...

FATCA outcome remains unclear

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2013
The full impact of the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) regulations from the US Treasury and IRS on Australian financial institutions is still uncertain, says Ernst & Young's Paul Siviour. Ernst & Young's Oceania Banking and Capital Markets ...

APRA's SMSF loan warning berated

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2013
... value range thereby ensuring greater protection for the bank when the real market value is materially higher," he said. "The law on personal guarantees is quite substantial and there is no reason to think that a personal guarantee given to support a ...

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 ...

FSC to seek inquiry extension

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2013
... that the charitable trust industry currently operates as a "dual market," where licensed trustees need to follow Corporations Law, but unlicensed ones do not. The FSC has now said that it will be seeking an extension to the Corporations and Market Advisory ...