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West Pymble adviser charged

ASIC RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2009
... provision on which they are based, are designed to protect persons who are not able to protect themselves. The policy of the law and the orders is to preclude communication. That is the protection that [Mr Matthews] penetrated.' The Court was informed ...

Cutting SG a disaster: Keating

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2009
... will never get it back. "The moment you tell a political system [that superannuation] is not a solemn commitment under public law to individuals, but rather it's something that can vary [based on] economic conditions then the political system will start ...

AIRC sets more default super funds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2009
... awards without any criteria on how they've been selected", said Chris Pearce, shadow minister for superannuation and corporate law. Pearce said, "Further allocation of default super funds under Labor's oxymoronic process treats working Australians as ...

Super funds to show long-term returns

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2009
... either provide the information using a separate inset or include it in the statement. Minister for superannuation and corporate law, Senator Nick Sherry, said clear information about medium to long term returns can help fund members better appreciate ...

The ABC of trustee duty

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2009
A key industry body for superannuation funds, ASFA, has introduced a new education course for super fund trustees looking to improve the governance of their investment process. The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia has teamed up with ...

Regulate...then regulate some more

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2009
True to script, history has not failed us. Like in most episodes following widespread market upheavals, increased regulation makes a comeback for an encore. Taking advantage of the global disgust at the rapid erosion of wealth caused by 'inventive' ...

Less tax on financial advice

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2009
... right people receive the most benefit. Chris Pearce, shadow minister for financial services, superannuation and corporate law, told an Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) luncheon yesterday, that tax deductibility rules around financial advice are ...

Opposition slams govt short selling claims

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2009
... Commissions (IOSCO) report, declaring the government misrepresented the report. Minister for superannuation and corporate law, Senator Sherry said Australia's response is still one of the only actions to have passed the legislative regime that meets ...

No fast bucks: Costello

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2009
Superannuation funds hold the critical mandate of looking past short term losses, rebuilding Australia's economic infrastructure and righting the ethical wrongs resulting in the global financial crisis, said Tim Costello, chief executive of World Vision ...

SMSF in-house asset rules and disclosure flawed

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2009
... investment strategy. Speaking at the SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) conference in Adelaide, University of NSW law academic Gordon Cooper welcomed news that the ATO would work closely with SMSF trustees on in-house asset concerns ...