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Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2012
Australian stocks opened flat following a lacklustre day on European markets and Wall Street closed for the July 4 public holiday. At 1020 AEST on Thursday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 1.9 points, or 0.05 per cent, at 4,170.3, while the ...

Trio fraud victims demand compensation

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2012
A group of Trio fraud victims is meeting with Bill Shorten, minister for superannuation and financial services, to demand that they be compensated for their losses just as members of regular super funds were compensated. John Telford, secretary of the ...

$2.8bn in lost super found

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2012
The federal government's initiative to reduce lost super appears to be working with the total amount of missing retirement savings now at $17.4bn, a 14% fall from the previously reported total of $20.2 billion. Bill Shorten, minister for financial services ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2012
The Australian sharemarket has opened more than three quarters of a per cent higher, following strong leads on Wall Street. At 1017 AEST on Wednesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 31.6 points, or 0.77 per cent, at 4,158.8, while the broader ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2012
The Australian market looks set to open higher after US and European bourses rose on hopes the European Central Bank and the Bank of England would introduce new stimulus measures this week and reports of strong June sales from the leading US auto makers. ...

Former Ansett workers get $16m super payback

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 2 JUL 2012
A decade after the collapse of Ansett, Australia's second largest airline at the time, former workers have finally been paid $16 million in super entitlements. Ten years ago the airline's 11,000 workers had their superannuation entitlements frozen after ...

Scope for super participation in TPD education

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2012
Super funds have a role to play in public education on the implications of TPD member cover, according to Slater & Gordon Lawyers. Following a recent survey that showed only 47% of people knew total and permanent disability (TPD) insurance coverage ...

Wins and losses in PC default super report

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2012
The Productivity Commission has handed down its draft report on default superannuation funds, and while its recommendations were predictable, they represent big wins and yet severe threats for both sides of the industry. The inquiry was called in 2009 ...

AGEST merger put on hold

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2012
AGEST Super has put its merger with AustralianSuper on hold until after December when a deferral of capital gains tax becomes legislation. The legislation will extend capital gains tax (CGT) rollover relief until 2017 for superannuation funds that will ...

NIIS development on track

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUN 2012
The advisory group established by the government following the Productivity Commission's inquiry into a National Disability and Insurance Scheme has endorsed the Gillard government' policy approach. "The Advisory Group's work on the issues associated ...