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AFA: Productivity Commission caves in to Shorten's pressure

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2012
The Productivity Commission has succumbed to Shorten's pressure and let all Australian workers down, according to the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA). The Productivity Commission's (PC) final report into default superannuation arrangements ...

Luddite firms off-radar: Schroders

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2012
The internet is forcing a transformation in the way fund managers and investors analyse company growth prospects, according to Schroders' Marcus Burns. With the focus on the latest developments in the online world - notably in the social media space ...

PC hands down final default super report

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 15 OCT 2012
The Productivity Commission has handed down its report into default superannuation arrangements, coming down largely in favour of the status quo but supplemented with improvements to the selection process and competition between funds. Its core recommendation ...

We'll hunt down commission 'work around': FSA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2012
The UK financial services regulator has warned wealth groups to not try to get around the commissions ban with 'work around' fixes. Commissions and all payments from platforms to financial advisers will be banned in the UK wealth management market from ...

Labor's $30bn secret super tax plan revealed

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2012
Shadow Assistant Treasurer Mathias Cormann is calling on Superannuation Minister Bill Shorten to come clean to Australians that they have to pay $30 billion in increased super taxes to assist the Labor government to pay for its $120 billion budget black ...

InsuranceLine launches Income Protection Plus

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2012
Direct insurance provider InsuranceLine Australia has launched a new income protection plus product, which it claims will bring simplicity, flexibility and affordability to the Australian market. The new product, Income Protection Plus, offers applicants ...

Draft legislation to streamline trans-Tasman retirement savings

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 SEP 2012
The government has released a draft legislation to establish a trans-Tasman retirement savings portability scheme, expected to assist the thousands of Australians and New Zealanders who move across the Tasman every year. The new proposed scheme, which ...

New hedge fund rules for post-GFC environment

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 SEP 2012
ASIC's new guidance on hedge funds will force managers to greater disclosure on where money is invested, how assets are valued, the fund's structure and the risks involved to better protect investors following recent high-profile cases of fraud. Addressing ...

Politics around LISC heats up

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2012
The politics around around superannuation tax expenditures looks set to heat up with Superannuation Minister Bill Shorten last week saying he will defend low income tax benefits and The Australia Institute saying the top end of town should be targeted ...

Shorten defends low-income super contribution

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2012
Amid speculation that some parts of the super tax system may be called on to fund recent health and education projects, Minister for Financial Services Bill Shorten has declared the rebate for low-income earners safe. The Labor scheme, announced in ...