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Super Choice did not change super habits

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2011
Super Choice legislation enabling consumers to choose their superannuation fund has made little impact on the way Australians choose superannuation, a report has found. The Roy Morgan Superannuation and Wealth Management in Australia report for July  ...

Other play factors

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2011
What's the final deal going to be? Will they, won't they? Sorry Virginia, not talking about the grand theatrics that is the US debt ceiling negotiations this time. Today, I refer these questions to our very own Reserve Bank of the Advance Australia ...

SMSF body moves against super death tax

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUL 2011
The financial services community now has the chance to comment on the recent draft tax ruling affecting self-managed super funds that some have called a death tax by stealth. Peter Burgess, technical director of the Self-Managed Super Fund Professionals' ...

Net-net, it's still good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2011
What a drama 'ey? You know what I'm talking about. The drama that is the 'off-again-on-again' deal on the US debt ceiling and the 'it'll be bailed, no it won't' Greek tragedy. Yes, those ones. The ones that sent risk assets up, then down, then up again ...

A minute to midnight sees super funds merge

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2011
What difference can a midnight minute make to a merger? Do you combine your super funds at 12.01am on July 1? Or 11.59pm on June 30? Those vital 60 seconds were pondered during an afternoon talk by Graeme Russell, chief executive officer of First Super ...

They will deal

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2011
The twisting and shouting we witnessed on Wall Street the previous day - with most other financial markets singing "joy to the world" - died down overnight. To be sure, the DJ's didn't turned off the music - they just changed the tune from hip hop ...

Older people seek more financial advice

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUL 2011
Wealthy older men are the biggest consumers of financial advice and are far more likely to use a planner than those under age 34, or women, latest figures show. The Superannuation and Wealth Management in Australia report, released last week by Roy ...

Coalition, small business reject super clearing house model

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUL 2011
A member of the Stronger Super Peak Consultative Group has rejected the Superannuation Clearing House model and has called for employers to be taken out of the superannuation payment process altogether. Superannuation payments should be deducted by ...

Opes Prime directors admit guilt

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUL 2011
Lirim Emini and Anthony Blumberg, the former directors of Opes Prime Stockbroking (OPSL), pleaded guilty to charges related to the collapse of the company in 2008, which left around $630 million owed to creditors. Facing charges brought by ASIC in front ...

Earnings, debt ceiling and debt

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUL 2011
... released earnings since July 11." But hold your horses! Earnings announcements were already on the better side of good since 11 July - even yesterday - yet investors paid no heed. So why the sudden change in sentiment? Because surprise, surprise - the ...