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Contribs rate during GFC still 23 pct

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2010
Super contributions contracted only 5 per cent during the 2008-09 global financial crisis to $112 billion, leaving total contributions still at a high 23 per cent of total national wages or two-and-a-half times the SG rate, according to latest figures ...

IGR signals tax and health reform

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2010
Fiscal pressures due to Australia's ageing population outlined in the latest Intergenerational Report strengthen the case for health reform, tax reform, national productivity growth targets and the removal of the compulsory retirement age. Yesterday ...

Integration key to AXA bid

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2010
As the debate heats up on who will emerge as the new owner of AXA Asia Pacific, new research by Rainmaker suggests the more burning issue is how the winner would digest the acquisition - and the impact of that on the local wealth management sector. ...

Super up again to $1.2 tr

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2009
Superannuation assets have climbed for the second consecutive quarter to reach $1.2 trillion, fuelled by the record returns recovery and stable contribution flows. According to the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA), superannuation assets ...

ETFs slash fund fees to 15bp

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2009
Australian trustees looking to slash fees should have a good look at the US public sector quasi-industry fund, the Thrift Savings Plan, that uses Exchange Traded Funds (ETF) to deliver total fees of just 0.15 per cent. Thrift is a US pension fund used ...

Super could post double-digit returns in 2010: research

... per cent per annum. Only 10 from 87 funds in the performance survey are still posting negative rolling 12 month returns. Alex Dunnin, executive director of research at Rainmaker Group, said super returns could be back to double-digit returns by the start ...

Ripoll rules but confusion reigns

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2009
While the Ripoll Report is a useful platform for improving Australia's advice industry, it raises more questions than answers and until some of these are defined by the government it will be difficult for wealth managers to properly interpret the report ...

Planners should already be fiduciaries

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2009
As the industry digests the Ripoll Report and the focus shifts to the core question of what fiduciary responsibility means for advisers, a leading superannuation author says advisers accepting commissions as payments are already breaching these obligations. ...

CPRS chaos poses big risks for fin services

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2009
The Liberal Party political implosion, if it leads to a double dissolution election, is not just about the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme but could also change the course of financial services reforms. A double dissolution election could lead to ...

Clearing house model to be multi competitive: Tsy

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2009
Treasury's release of draft legislation for the superannuation clearing house signals that while the government appointed Medicare as the small business clearing house, it expects multiple clearing houses to be operating in the market. "[It will] allow ...