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Super splitting to go ahead in new year

Couples can now plan their superannuation together, as the Howard Government passed the long awaited splitting superannuation bill through senate on Friday night. The bill is expected to allow contributions made on or after January 1, 2006 to be split ...

Asteron stand alone on TPD and upgrade policy benefits

Asteron has launched a stand-alone TPD insurance product and upgraded a range of policy benefits at no cost to customers. The new TPD product is designed to give super fund members the option to supplement their super fund based insurances, which are ...

Macquarie pilots life insurance system

Macquarie Adviser Services' pilot project of straight-through processing of life insurance is "well advanced" and has drawn a positive response from the industry. The group's risk platform pilot project is being tested by 12 adviser groups nationally. ...

Weaven trumpets industry fund growth figures

... Members' net benefit survey September 2005, of master trusts and industry funds, which was commission by Industry Funds Services (IFS). In other IFS news, Weaven advised the impending restructure of IFS as it merges into subsidiary Member's Equity is ...

Unit pricing the right way

Unit pricing inconsistencies and mistakes across the market have prompted industry regulators to jointly release a unit pricing good practice guide. The regulators, the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) and the Australian Securities ...

Government to allow super splitting

The Government has announced it will allow families to split super contributions between spouses. In a statement released by Mal Brough, Minister for Revenue and Assistant Treasurer, the Government said this will allow non-working or low income spouses ...

Too many mothers missing out on insurance: IFSA

Four out of five full-time working mothers with dependent children do not have enough insurance cover, according to research commissioned by the Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA). IFSA's chief executive officer Richard Gilbert blames ...

Retirees to benefit from pension rule changes

Retirees are set to benefit from the federal government's pension changes that take into account longer life expectancies and demand for more flexible allocated pension payments. This week the government announced changes that will make allocated pensions ...

Investors get new platform for proxy voting

ISS Proxy Australia has launched an online corporate governance platform providing proxy voting and research to the Australian market. ISS Proxy Australia director operations, Dean Paatsch, says "Everything an informed analyst required to vote efficiently ...

KPMG State of Investment Management Industry

KPMG has released its annual Investment Management Industry report, highlighting the Super Choice changes to the superannuation and managed funds market. The report focuses on the swathe of new Government regulations, including public education programs ...