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Astarra pain spreads to super funds

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 19 APR 2010
... manager. The regulator APRA may have to resolve the issue and potentially give workers access to the national 'compensation levy' for super funds. Third, unwinding or removing a superannuation fund option, as was the case with the Astarra super fund ...

12 Apostles

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2009

Ripoll recommends investor compensation fund

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2009
... compensation scheme would be desirable and cost effective in Australia. This should include consultation with the industry about how levy arrangements might be designed to ensure they are fair and equitable across the industry," said the PJC report. ...

What gets measured, gets done

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2009
... on "innovation", or whether the fund is doing anything groundbreaking by implementing their strategy. Fellow panelist Marc Levy, principal at Right Lane Consulting, drew on a mixed-method research they did based on the response from 25 per cent of the ...

Super about national not personal savings: Morgan

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2009
... need to remember that concern about Australia's national savings rate was a prime motivator of the superannuation guarantee levy in the first place. But with Australia's current account deficit rising due to the GFC and continued pressure on the federal ...

CORRECTION: FT loses international prop manager

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2009
... for the funds while managing his existing portfolios. Foster is supported by one of the firm's portfolio managers, David Levy, and three property securities investment team members. But Peter Ward, Standard & Poor's Fund Services analyst, cited concerns ...

AFA unveils policy committee

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2009
... the "clear, concise and effective mantra" of Financial Services Reform (FSR) and increase the Superannuation Guarantee (SG) levy beyond 9 per cent to15 per cent via a range of strategies. "The AFA has always had a role to play in taking the voice of ...

Insurance taxes should be slashed: NIBA

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2009
... premiums. On top of high insurance premiums, the total cost for someone requesting insurance includes GST, the fire services levy and state stamp duty. "It's a process designed to extract the maximum possible in taxes and adds a significant amount - ...

Climate change rhetoric unsustainable

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2008
The reaction to the proposed plastic bag levy and expected energy price rises due to having to pay for carbon output shows Australia may not be as committed to sustainability as we claim to be. Australia is the nation which has the most signatories ...

Ventura breaks benchmark shackles

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2008
... underlying managers include Fund Alliance Bernstein Global, Bernstein Investment Asset Value, MFS Institutional Advisers, Jacobs Levy Equity Management, Institutional Capital Corporation, Turner Investment Partners and AEW Management and Advisors. In ...