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Calliva suspends new loans to SMSFs

THE SHEET  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2008
... Super loans have been developed by Calliva, Seiza Capital, Westpac and Macquarie Bank following a change of superannuation law last year that opened the door for borrowing by super funds, which had up to that point been limited to gearing through instalment ...

Contribs tax for women under review

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUL 2008
... government can help narrow the gender gap on retirement savings. Senator Sherry, minister for superannuation and corporate law, told journalists at question time of an industry forum yesterday that one way the super savings of women could be increased ...

Introducing the Burnie Pub PDS

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2008
... forms by creating a template to prove it can be done. Today Senator Nick Sherry, Minister for Superannuation and Corporate Law, and Lindsay Tanner, Minister for Finance and Deregulation, announced new reforms to how PDSs should look like, ahead of the ...

Mariner targets European aged care

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2008
Mariner Financial is planning an $800 million buying spree of European aged care infrastructure assets as part of a joint venture deal with German-based property financier HSH Real Estate. While Babcock & Brown is busy offloading some of its infrastructure ...

One-size rule does not fit advice

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2008
... cost and accessibility of advice," said FPA chief executive Jo-Anne Bloch. The FPA is currently seeking clarity within the law around the ability to provide advice that is limited to what customers want and that is pertinent to their needs. It is also ...

LUCRF makes history

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2008
... ability to operate at low fees, and they had union trustees, said Senator Nick Sherry, minister for superannuation and corporate law. The union campaign for employer-paid super became the model for the 9 per cent superannuation guaranteed that today ...

FPA backs 'advice within super' review

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2008
... actively participate in any review of the system, as suggested by Senator Nick Sherry, Minister for Superannuation and Corporate Law. "If we need to provide greater clarity to Australians on the various business models that exist, which includes remuneration ...

New ombudsman service welcomed

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2008
... will increase public awareness of the availability of this free service," said the minister for superannuation and corporate law, Senator Nick Sherry. Jenni Mack, chair of consumer group, CHOICE, echoed this sentiment. "Bringing most of the external ...

Swedish pension lessons for Australia

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2008
Senator Nick Sherry, minister for superannuation and corporate law, has suggested Australia look to Sweden's nationalised pension system for a model of how to operate a low-cost superannuation system. But is this the right comparison? The centrally ...

The house that Sherry built

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2008
... years ago, from someone who's been there from the beginning. Senator Nick Sherry, Minister for Superannuation and Corporate Law, was the chair of the senate committee of superannuation back in 1990 where he presided over the passage of the superannuation ...