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Olive branch for SMSF art investors

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUL 2010
... Because the SAF trustee is an external party and would need to approve any investments nominated by members, this structure reduces the risk of personal interest outweighing key superannuation investment considerations. Changing to a SAF does not require ...

SG survives mining tax deal

ALEX DUNNIN, MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUL 2010
... concept, and a narrowing of the scope of the tax to the most profitable minerals in iron ore and coal. The compromise reduces expected revenue from the mining tax by $1.5 billion, which Treasurer Swan this morning said necessitates a reduction in corporate ...

Super savings run out well before retirement: survey

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2010
... desired minimum retirement income is for people to retire later. Later retirement both increases savings at retirement and reduces the number of years spent in retirement," said Professor Wilkins. The analysis, conducted on data assembled before the ...

Macquarie Life releases flexible insurance

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAY 2010
... or illness. Justin Delaney, head of Macquarie Life, said having all these insurance features under the one policy also reduces overlap and therefore lowers the cost to clients. The structure of the policy is based on a similar insurance product from ...

Too much ado about Greece

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 APR 2010
... the tax system by replacing inefficient taxes with more efficient ones and streamlining governments and administrations reduces complexity and makes the Australian economy more productive. Australia needs to respond, to remain an attractive place to ...

Super too complex to handle

MICHELLE BALTAZAR IS A MEDIA GUEST AT THE SECURITY ANNUAL CONFERENCE IN ADELAIDE  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2010
... investor behaviour toward their super savings. On the question regarding what the respondents would do if the government reduces a person's aged pension for every extra dollar they save into super, more than 40 per cent said they would rather reduce ...

S&P gives DNR three stars

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2009
... portfolio as suitable for an SMA environment, being characterised by low to moderate turnover and managed in a way that reduces various other SMA model portfolio specific risks. "The senior members of the investment team are reasonably experienced and ...

MMC pays $428 million in compensation

MEDIA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2009
... these lawsuits, the resolution of these matters puts the litigation arising from the vents of 2004 largely behind us and reduces the company's legal costs," the firm said in a statement.

GMO and Lazard win combined $1.4bn in mandates

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2009
... we perceive their [fund managers'] advantage is. "They're not transacting as much in the big companies, so in turn that reduces turnovers, reduces transaction costs and add to after tax returns," said Rogers.

Supercorp set to launch superMate

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2009
... the software is available. Trialling SuperMate, he said the software enables users to tailor client communication and reduces the need for staff to have strong knowledge of superannuation and accounting programs to manage the workload. "Because superMate ...