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Super fund disclosure gets extension

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2016
... (ASIC) said the new start date will now be 30 June 2017, a result of allowing proposed legislation to pass federal parliament and the government continuing its consultation in the area. In a statement ASIC said it has also extended previous relief that ...

We can do better for women in retirement: Senator

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2016
Senator Jenny McAllister has renewed calls for federal parliament to include gender analyses every time a policy is put before the country's key decision makers. Delivering the inaugural Mavis Robertson address at the Conference of Major Superannuation ...

Pensioners want DB decision reversed

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2016
... pension and have lost the Age Pension because of the new 10% rule, can contact the association about writing to federal parliament on their behalf.

Public sector retirees angry over income exemption cuts

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2016
... benefit schemes that sees cuts to exemptions for the Centrelink pension income test. In June last year the federal parliament introduced a 10% cap on defined benefit income that can be excluded from the pension income test, effective 1 January 2016. ...

Government using super as "petri dish": Labor

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2015
... superannuation as "some kind of petri dish for one ideological experiment after another" during a debate in federal parliament yesterday. The superannuation trustee governance bill won't be debated until next week but the newly appointed Shadow Minister ...

ISA calls out banks over fee structures

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2015
... interests of safeguarding Australians' retirement savings, all politicians should reject a bill due to come before federal parliament this week that would impose the faulty governance structure of for-profit funds onto not-for profit funds." Rainmaker ...

Senate hears too many holes for women in super

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2015
Several superannuation representative groups are addressing federal parliament with the belief there are too many holes for women in Australia's current retirement savings system. Ahead of the Senate public hearing looking at economic security for women ...

Aussie pension policy needs careful adjustment: IMF

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2015
... cost to government, to promote a better quality debate around this critical issue." In its submission to the federal parliament's Inquiry into the Tax Expenditures Statement (TES) process, the SMSF Association suggested that Treasury undertake alternative ...

Consensus emerging on Tax White Paper

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2015
... considered without the unanimous agreement of state and territory governments and bipartisan support in the Federal Parliament. "It's also worth reminding everyone that before we go further down the track of reform of federal financial relations, there ...

FSC revamps board, policy team

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2015
The Financial Services Council (FSC) has appointed State Street head of Asia Pacific to its board and confirmed that chief economist James Bond has left the organisation. State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) head of Asia Pacific, Lochiel Crafter, is ...