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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 ...

SPAA welcomes Gov's tick of approval

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2012
A representative body for self managed superannuation fund professionals has welcomed a federal government decision to recognise its fund auditing qualification as a win for professionalism. The program offered by the SMSF Professionals' of Australia ...

ASIC extends shorter PDS regime relief

STAFF JOURNALIST  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2012
... Shorter PDS regime for a further 12 months, to 22 June 2014. ASIC has extended the relief pending a future Government decision on the application of the shorter PDS regime to superannuation platforms, multi-funds and hedge funds. A number of hedge funds ...

ACT prohibits guns & smokes

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2012
... welcomed by the health sector. Anne Jones, chief executive of Action on Smoking and Health (ASH), said, "The ACT government decision to exclude tobacco from its $2.3 billion super fund shows socially responsible policies can balance the need for proper ...

Future Fund chair back for a year, two new board members

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2011
... than to refer to the press release. Shadow Assistant Treasurer Senator Mathias Cormann weighed in saying the Government decision was the worst of both worlds. "It's indecisive. The Future Fund is very important with billions in taxpayer's dollars. There ...

Admins team up for rollover revolution

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAR 2010
... joint initiative rises to those challenges." Peter Beck, chief executive of Pillar Administration said: "The Government decision to appoint Medicare to operate a clearing house provides a unique opportunity for the industry and has facilitated an agreement ...

AMP Banking taps Cuscal ATM network

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2009
... consumers could be worse off, with suggestions some ATMs could charge as high as $10, is misleading. He said the government decision was not made overnight but the outcome of a review that began seven years ago. "The direct charging rules put more transparency ...

Health insurance lobby lessons

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2008
The reforms to the private health insurance rebate and the industry reaction to it should be studied by everyone in wealth management who seeks to influence government policy. A furious health insurance industry came out fighting yesterday after the ...

JUST SUPER hits high note

NICK OLIVER  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAR 2007
... orchestras selected JUST SUPER following a joint tender process. The tender was a consequence of a Federal Government decision regarding the future structure of the orchestras including a decision to close PSS/CSS, the orchestras' previous super providers ...

Government to review aspects of income tax self-assessment: Costello

Federal Treasurer Peter Costello has announced a Government decision to review aspects of the income tax self-assessment system which will examine whether the right balance has been struck between protecting the rights of individual taxpayers and protecting ...