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STA urges employees to check super contributions

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2005
... Delaney says. Millions of Australian workers get to choose where their superannuation goes after the introduction of super choice today. Until now, employers have been able to make the decision about where to put the extra nine per cent that's added ...

Equipsuper goes public

Equipsuper has become a public offer superannuation fund as of 1 July 2005 to coincide with the first day of the choice of fund environment. The move comes after 12 months of preparation that concluded when the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority ...

ICAA creates financial planning position

... ICAA from Westpac where he was national training manager for financial planning and advice. "Given the impending super choice changeover, and the introduction of professional standards on financial advice, Hugh is taking up the position at a time of ...

New poll reveals choice will not impact on SMSF growth

A new poll by the Institute of Chartered Accountants reveal the choice of fund legislation may not lead to an increase in self-managed superannuation funds (SMSF). The survey conducted by Newspoll interviewed 200 respondents with an annual household ...

Balanced approach from regulators re Choice

... Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) have jointly released a booklet outlining the compliance approach to the impending choice of fund environment. The material guide, called Choice of Superannuation Fund: Meeting your obligations, indicates ...

Smorgon Steel appoints Watson Wyatt

... success in the superannuation sector is testament to our focus on helping our clients succeed in the brave new world of Choice," says Watson Wyatt's director Andrew Boal.

ASIC offers super switching guides

... financial advisers do not breach the Corporations Act 2001 when giving advice about switching superannuation funds in the new Choice environment. The material has been put together with input from both the Financial Planning Association and the Investment ...

Researchers size-up Portfolio Partners

... company's small caps capabilities as investment grade. Standard & Poor's has placed its Assirt ratings on PPL's Personal Choice High Growth Shares Trust and Professional Selection Wholesale Elite Opportunities Trust on hold following the departure of ...

IFSA report compares super fund features and services

... detailing the varying features and levels services offered by superannuation funds to assist employees in their approach to choice of fund. Chant West Financial Services furnished the research document on behalf of IFSA that covers issues such as investment ...

ASIC provides guidance on superannuation calculators

... when they are planning for retirement and we would expect greater usage of these calculators in an environment of super choice," says ASIC's executive director of regulation Malcolm Rogers. As part of the Federal Government's 'Refinements to Financial ...