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MySuper legislation introduced

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2011
The superannuation system revamp continues with the introduction of legislation that will pave the way for MySuper. The Superannuation Legislation Amendment (MySuper Core Provisions) Bill 2011 proposes the introduction of MySuper, a low-cost default ...

Sounds like a plan

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2011
They came, they met and greeted, they blah, they announced. I'm talking about the weekend meeting in Paris of the Group of 20 biggest and most powerful moneymen in the world, of course. Yes Virginia, we were kept in suspense this past weekend to be ...

Fed move checks markets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2011
When the going gets tough, the Fed gets going. Ok, ok. I was wrong - no need to throw it back at my face. I expected the US Federal Reserve to provide a circuit breaker in the form of a third QE. I was wrong! Big Ben did this small Ben one better. B-I-N-G-O! ...

Bigger super funds may not be cheaper for members

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUL 2011
An industry super fund head has said the idea that bigger super funds are cheaper for members is unfounded. John Livanas, chief executive of $1 billion meat industry fund AMIST Super, said smaller can be better and that mergers for the sake of merging ...

Govt invites input on move to halve tax on savings

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2011
Financial advisers, superannuation funds and funds managers have the chance to comment on the Federal Government proposal to halve taxes on interest income. Minister for Financial Services Bill Shorten has released a discussion paper outlining the move ...

I'm still standing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2011
"And did you think this fool could never win Well look at me, I'm coming back again I'm still standing yeah, yeah, yeah I'm still standing yeah, yeah, yeah." -Elton John, I'm Still Standing Oh yeah, oh yeah. Call it short covering or call it end-of ...

Super heavyweights join forces

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2011
Superannuation associations are joining forces to send the Treasury a proposal to remove plans to introduce the proposed $500,000 balance threshold for individuals over age 50. Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA), Self-managed Super ...

Advisers shape new unlisted property market

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2011
... performance fees are only charged after investment costs are recovered and there is a minimum 10 per cent Internal Rate of Return (IRR) per annum and poison pill provision are scrapped. Additionally, due to concerns around liquidity in property, the ...

Advisers and super key to underinsurance: AFA

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2011
The AFA claims industry research validates its stance that the ban of commissions inside super will negatively impact consumers but the super and advice industries can work together against underinsurance. In the third tranche of research from the Association ...

Chapel Road appeal forces ASIC to show the goods

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2011
A decade on, the Chapel Road v Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) battle rages on, with the NSW Supreme Court ordering ASIC to hand over documents relating to the investigation. Back in 2001 Chapel Road's AFSL was revoked when ASIC ...