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Super changes hit retirees

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2009
... people) - that is one in six working Australians. Between these funds there are over $300 billion plus in assets. Murden is urging the government that instead of tampering with the superannuation system, it should be encouraging many more Australians ...

Super your stimulus package

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2009
... funds as they encourage members to pour more into super. The $3 billion Catholic Superannuation and Retirement Fund is urging its members to consider swapping the $900 windfall for a much larger handout later on in life. "If you are still working, have ...

ATO targets early access and in-house rules

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2009
... retirement savings early and warned trustees against fraudulent early access schemes. "We recently issued a taxpayer alert urging people to beware of arrangements offering early access to super benefits via self managed funds. We had detected an increase ...

UK govt to introduce personal accounts scheme

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2009
London-based Datamonitor is urging pension providers to talk to existing clients about the impact of the impending Personal Accounts legislation. The Personal Accounts scheme, which the UK government is implementing to encourage more public saving ...

UK coalition pushes responsible investment cause

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2009
A group of UK-based pension and fund managers, politicians and unions are urging the UK government and institutional investors to support regulatory reforms that will create a "sustainable" financial system. The statement, which is signed by Treasury ...

Instos target water usage

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2009
... managers representing more than $2 trillion in assets including Souls Fund Management and Aviva Investors has sent a letter urging 100 major multinational company chief executives to carefully manage their water usage. The CEO Water Mandate initiative ...

Complaints on the rise: FOS

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2008
The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) is urging financial services providers to invest more in staff and systems to deal with client complaints after it found a high 23 per cent increase in the number of new disputes this year. FOS has released its ...

Trustees should adopt system-wide policies: Sherry

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2008
... house system is only one of many government measures that Senator Sherry hopes to implement during his tenure. He is also urging the industry to reduce the number of Lost Super accounts and help their fund members consolidate their super. On last count ...

ATO security blunder sparks review

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2008
... Although the courier received the CD, it was not delivered to the ATO. As a result, tax commissioner, Michael D'Ascenzo is urging trustees who receive a letter to take on the new tax file number to ensure their details are protected. There is no evidence ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2008
... volume of 11,941 contracts. CMC Markets senior dealer, Matthew Lewis, said US President George Bush's television address urging Congress to approve the Government's proposed rescue plan for the financial industry had buoyed local financial stocks, but ...