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Industry bodies call for Government LISC U-turn

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2013
Industry bodies have called on the Government to reconsider its repeal of the low income superannuation contribution (LISC) in their submissions on the Minerals Resource Rent Tax (MRRT) Repeal and Other Measures Bill 2013. The LISC compensates individuals ...

Coalition super plan to harm retirees, low income earners

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2013
The Coalition's announcement that they would delay the Superannuation Guarantee (SG) increase would see millions of Australians move into retirement with inadequate savings according to the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST). Last ...

May Day mayday

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2013
It's the 1st of May for our brethrens in the US and Europe and right on cue...we got a sprinkling of nasty data sets that sent Wall Street down last night, reminding you, I and Irene that this maybe another May to sell and go away. Not that we did any ...

Use super to help pay health costs: CEDA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2013
Superannuation contributions should be used to help pay spiralling health care costs, the Committee for the Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) said in a recent report. The CEDA report, Healthcare: Reform or Ration, said in the five decades between ...

Australia better long-term bet than the US

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 21 FEB 2013
Smaller developed economies look far more attractive investment propositions than traditional global investment centres such as the US, Europe and Japan, according to BlackRock's global chief investment strategist Russ Koesterich. Addressing journalists ...

MetLife launches retirement product

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2013
Life Insurer MetLife has launched a new retirement product in partnership with industry super fund MTAA, labeling similar options already on the market "inadequate." MetLife Australia said it would initially only be working with MTAA, with a spokesperson ...

End voluntary contribution age limits: Suncorp

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2012
The Australian superannuation industry must remove age restrictions on voluntary contributions, said Suncorp Life CEO Geoff Summerhays. The super boss says that age barriers to contributions discriminate against older people who want to remain active ...

Aging SMSF trustees revert to managed solutions

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2012
A growing number of self-managed super fund trustees are actively looking to move to a managed fund as they approach retirement, according to legalsuper chief executive Andrew Proebstl. He says that trustees are questioning whether they will have the ...

Aging and deleveraging impact long-term growth: UBS

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2012
Aging demographics and an ongoing process of debt deleveraging pose the biggest challenges to investors over the coming years, according to a report by UBS. While cyclical factors tend to dominate day-to-day market movements, according to the asset ...

Barclays announces new CEO amid new investigation

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2012
Barclays has named head of retail and business banking Anthony Jenkins new chief executive, just one day after the announcement the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) had launched an investigation into a 2008 deal with Qatar's sovereign wealth fund. Jenkins ...