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Less tax appeal for high income earners in super

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2012
High-income earners are set to see superannuation tax concessions cut in next week's budget. The move to increase tax on concessional contributions to 30% is likely to affect the approximately 128,000 Australians who earn more than $300,000 a year. ...

MySuper consultation draws focus on divisions

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2012
Tranche three of draft MySuper legislation has raised the stakes in super governance, but the industry is looking to the consultation process to remedy long-held concerns over inequalities between the not for profit and retail sectors. The draft legislation ...

APRA releases draft prudential standards

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2012
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has released its proposed prudential standards, open to industry response until July 20. The regulator said it is proposing to introduce prudential standards covering topics common to other APRA-regulated ...

Count taps Clark, expands BDM network

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2012
Former BT Financial Group executive Judy Clark has moved to Count Financial in the newly created role of senior executive member development. According to a memo circulated to members on Tuesday from chief executive David Lane, Clark's team aims to ...

BT Ethical divests last News Corp share

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2012
BT Ethical Fund today joined the ranks of other Australian-based ethical investment specialists in being free from holdings in News Corp. As News Corp chairman Rupert Murdoch testified before the Leveson Inquiry into press ethics, BT Ethical has confirmed ...

Research warns super funds on reporting

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2012
Super fund members run the risk of being given the wrong information about the performance of their funds, according to a recent analysis by the Actuaries Institute. Recommendations, prepared for the actuarial profession and financial regulators, outline ...

CGT relief paves way for super mergers

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2012
Merging superannuation funds will receive capital gains tax relief in the upcoming Budget, opening the way for the finalisation of a raft of proposed mergers, particularly in the not-for-profit superannuation space. Minister for Financial Services and ...

Poirier to exit BNP Paribas Investment Partners

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2012
Co-head of institutional business development, Marian Poirier is leaving BNP Paribas Investment Partners following the announcement the firm would be ending their alliance with MFS. "Marian has contributed to BNPP IP's Australian business over the past ...

It's all in the spin

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2012
Pausing for a jump or poised for a dive? At this point, the subject is very much subject to market interpretation. Wall Street's behaviour - and the rest of 'em major equity markets - over the past few days suggests that it's a 50/50 proposition. Said ...

MLC adds strategies, lowers share exposure

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2012
MLC has continued its spree of asset allocation changes with news of two new strategies for four of its MLC Horizon Series, including allocations to three managers and limiting its exposure to global shares. MLC has made an allocation to a multi-asset ...