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Shorten maps out government super legacy

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2013
Bill Shorten, minister for Superannuation and Financial Services, has used a speech to a Financial Services Council (FSC) dinner at Parliament House in Canberra to assertively defend the government's reform record on superannuation. Shorten listed a ...

Customised portfolios ease FoFA burden

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2013
... they use to manage client portfolios as they can find significant efficiencies from doing so. The group's fund services head Alex Wise said that while FoFA has been 'a hard slog' for financial planners, those who have found solutions to their compliance ...

SEC charges US adviser with pension fund theft

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUN 2013
The US regulator the Securities and Exchange Commission has charged the leader of a Detroit-based investment adviser for stealing nearly $3.1 million from a public sector pension fund. The SEC alleges that Chauncey C Mayfield, who is the founder, president ...

StatewideSuper withdrawn from SelectingSuper assessment

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUN 2013
... previously assessed as AAA. SelectingSuper is part of the Rainmaker financial services information group. Research director, Alex Dunnin, said the withdrawal of the quality assessment is due to Statewide Super no longer disclosing information to the ...

Tyndall AM creates fixed income role

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2013
Tyndall AM has appointed James Alexander to the newly created role of deputy head of fixed income. Alexander will be responsible for the day-to-day management of the fixed income team and oversee Tyndall's fixed income investment process. Tyndall said ...

APRA finalises Stronger Super reporting standards

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2013
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has updated its Stronger Super data requirements from funds following reaction from trustees. APRA has written to funds explaining the adjustments, which are technical and highly detailed. The outcome ...

Only half Britons saving enough for retirement

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2013

Auscoal, AMIST and CGS get MySuper authorisations

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2013
Three more MySuper product authorisations have been announced this week by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) taking the total number to 38, but it's still way down on expectations. The new authorisations are AUSCOAL, Australian Meat ...

Next government to reconsider super taxes: Grattan Inst

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2013
Bringing the commonwealth budget into structural surplus will require the next government to be very different to the Rudd-Gillard and Howard governments, and this will inevitably force a review of superannuation taxes, argued the Grattan Institute ...

Super is working but needs to evolve: ASFA

ALEX DUNNIN, JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2013
The superannuation system is working but is transitioning, according to a report by Deloitte Access Economics that was commissioned by ASFA. The report, 'Maximising Superannuation Capital', released today at the ASFA Investment Interchange seminar ...