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Bremorsing and Bregretting Brexit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2016
... government site (https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/131215) that receives over 100,000 signatures must be considered for debate in the UK Parliament. At the time of this writing, the signature count is at 3,556,413 - up from 145,570 yesterday - ...

Unintended consequences unearthed in super changes

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2016
Missing detail in the government's superannuation changes laid down in the budget is leaving wealth managers in the dark as to how to advise their clients, a group of leading industry technical services professionals has warned. Around 50 professionals ...

More winners than losers in super budget measures: ASFA

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2016
... them, according to Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia figures. ASFA prepared the research to "inform the debate," according to its statement, and follows Malcolm Turnbull's recent comments that there will be "no changes to the policy," ...

Life insurance adviser group hits out at FSC priorities

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2016
... the Life Insurance Framework goes ahead. The group, formed in 2015 to give life insurance advisers "a voice in the LIF debate," has maintained that a move towards level commissions and fee for service arrangements will have "implications for many stakeholders ...

PROFILE: Mercer senior partner David Knox

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2016
... introduced the new pension age. Knox still advocates the pension age should be linked to expectancy "so we don't get a political debate about what the pension age should be." "Every five years in the Netherlands they reset the pension age in line with ...

Super needs calm after budget shake-up: Vamos

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2016
... times as many people are better off than worse off," Vamos said. She added ASFA has been silent on the heavy political debate about retrospectivity because the wrong questions are being asked and not looking about whether the government's super changes ...

ASIC user-pay model "eminently sensible": SEC veteran

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2016
... see all the great work they do, because a lot of it is being referred to other authorities. But absolutely no one would debate that it has greater resources because they're on a different funding model." The other important consideration, he noted, was ...

SPIVA report paints sad picture for active management

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2016
... 0+ Index. Commenting impartially on the new data, the report said: "There is nothing novel about the index versus active debate. It has been a contentious subject for decades, and there are a few strong believers on both sides, with the vast majority ...

CHOICE adds another super voice

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 11 APR 2016
... changes in other sectors. "CHOICE plans to have a lot more to say about super in the next year, because no other voice in the debate is speaking purely from the consumer perspective. This is too big a problem for us to ignore." Association of Superannuation ...

Federal Government told to stop 'tinkering' with superannuation

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2016
... superannuation should have a long-term focus and should not be driven by short-term influences such as the current tax debate. Financial Services Council CEO Sally Loane said the government should be commended as being the first in 24 years to define ...