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ACTU renews call for 15 per cent SGC

The Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) secretary Greg Combat has called for an increase in the superannuation guarantee contribution from its current 9 per cent to 15 per cent. Citing expected increases in the number of aged Australians in the ...

More mandate wins for Aon

... mandates with Endeavour Foundation and the Sydney Turf Club totalling $40 million. Recently Aon won a $30 million mandate from law firm Minter Ellison. The Queensland based Endeavour Foundation has $30 million in funds under management (FUM) with 1,800 ...

MIA and van Eyk release first joint rating

The alliance between managed funds research house van Eyk and property researcher Managed Investment Assessments has produced its first joint rating with the Centro Direct Property Fund rated as 'superior'. The fund is managed by Centro Properties Group ...

ASIC provides guidance about Choice advice

... balanced manner but stresses the body will not hesitate to take action against employers or other groups that knowing break the law. The guidance is called QFS 156 and is available on the both regulator's website, www.asic.gov.au/fsrfaq, and the Federal ...

Class action filed against retirement fund managers

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2005
... named as defendants in class action papers lodged in the NSW Supreme Court yesterday. More than 700 investors have retained law firms Goldman Partners and Maurice Blackburn Cashman to conduct a class action against Smith, from the Sydney suburb of Mosman ...

NAB to support mortgage broking businesses

The National Australia Bank (NAB) will utilise its experience in assisting financial planners to create a division that supports external businesses involved in both mortgage broking and financial advice - NAB Financial Planning and Third Party. "Self ...

Bill to fine-tune Choice passed

... superannuation fund was passed by the House of Representatives yesterday. Labor warned that the changes to superannuation law could make small business owners liable to be fined or jailed if they gave super advice to their employees. However Labor amendments ...

…as Minchin denies union funds attack

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2005
Finance Minister Nick Minchin has denied the Government's new choice of superannuation laws were motivated by an attack on union dominated super funds. Workplaces which previously provided only one chosen super scheme for employees will have to open ...

ASIC amends stance on wholesale foreign financial service providers

... Discretionary powers - wholesale foreign financial service providers (PS 176) will be amended to incorporate changes to the law introduced with the Financial Services Reform Act 2003. The modifications to PS 176 will outline issues including clarification ...

Lucchese to lead FPA professional standards arm

The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has appointed Adrian Lucchese as its new general manager professional standards. Lucchese brings with him ten years experience dealing with corporate governance issues in his role as a legal director and general ...