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Big four hammer bank levy

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAY 2017
ANZ, CBA, NAB and Westpac have taken to the ASX to criticise the Government's new bank levy, with some saying it will hit customers hardest. Westpac chair Lindsay Maxsted said in an open letter that the new levy is "bad public policy that targets just ...

GROW Super opens for business

ALEX DUNNIN, STEPHEN FAY  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAY 2017
Competition in superannuation is continuing to gather pace with the launch of GROW Super, the latest boutique direct product aimed at millennials. GROW Super is offered through LESF Super in association with Diversa Trustees. What makes this product ...

Australians pass on life insurance

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAY 2017
Australian parents experience anxiety about their family's future but remain woefully unprepared for the long-term financial burdens associated with the event of a death. The latest Real Insurance Family Protection Survey finds one in four Australian ...

Top super chief executive named ACSI president

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAY 2017
The Australian Council of Superannuation Investors will welcome a new president and deputy president in August. AustralianSuper chief executive Ian Silk will become ACSI's third president, replacing current president Gerard Noonan (Media Super). LUCRF ...

A one-handed clap for ScoMo's Budget

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAY 2017
Australian Federal Treasurer Scott Morrison must be beaming when the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released the latest update on the country's labour market that showed the unemployment rate dropped from 5.9% in March to 5.7% in April - better ...

BGL releases CGT capability for SMSFs

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 22 MAY 2017
BGL Corporate Solutions, developer of SMSF administration and ASIC corporate compliance software solutions, is releasing the first stage of its 2016/17 Superannuation Reforms capability, giving clients the ability to process cost base resets under the ...

Insurance counteracting ageing population risks

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2017
Governments increasingly withdrawing support for retirees and ageing populations is a worrying global trend, but presents an emerging opportunity for the insurance industry to fill the gap, new research from reinsurer Swiss Re shows. The 'ageing wallet' ...

Women in Super names 2017 scholarship winners

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2017
Women in Super (WIS) continues its advocacy for better female representation on superannuation boards and leadership roles through its scholarship programme, now in its third year running. The national advocacy and networking group has collaborated ...

Trustee Partners crosses the ditch

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2017
Trustee Partners made its first overseas investment, acquiring a New Zealand fiduciary services firm with an offer too strong to ignore. A dominant fiduciary services business in the New Zealand market, Complectus, was bought by Trustee Partners in ...

Investors torn over ESG capabilities

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2017
The Australian National University has altered its commitment to socially responsible investing after changing the manner in which its domestic equities investments are managed. While the university committed to divesting from several resource and mining ...