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Brogden reaffirms campaign warning to politicians

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2013
... the raising of the concessional contributions cap to $35,000 for people over 60. "This is an incentive for mature Australians to contribute more to their savings," he said. However, he said the FSC would be ready to act if there were further taxation ...

Super council won't prevent Labor tax raids

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2013
... of Labor's assault on superannuation and come after five years of Labor's economic mismanagement," added Hockey. "Australians live in fear that Labor will once again raid super to pay for the government's reckless spending in the Budget. Australians ...

Government announces key super reforms

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2013
Australians with superannuation balances over $2 million dollars face losing key tax concessions, Treasurer Wayne Swan and Financial Services and Superannuation Minister Bill Shorten announced this morning. Starting July 1, 2014, all new earnings on ...

Super changes ease political and financial uncertainty

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2013
... director Anna Carrabs said that changes to super taxation will have unintended consequences, hitting hard-working Australians that no-one would consider wealthy. "I can understand who they are trying to catch with this tax, but I can think of numerous ...

BOJ brings out big bazooka

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2013
... announcement produced its intended effects -- the Nikkei-225 index soared and the yen plunged. Even Wall Street was happy. Australians all should be rejoicing much more. Japan, after all, is our second biggest export market (according to the Department ...

Super will improve under Labor: Shorten

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2013
... the party of superannuation; we established super and we continue to improve it," the minister said. "The fact is Australians are living longer and they will need to be encouraged to have adequate savings to retire comfortably." Yesterday Treasurer Wayne ...

All eyes and ears on Japan

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2013

Super election infighting intensifies

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2013
... Federal election will be fought. A new survey from Sunsuper, published last week, finds that more than two-thirds of Australians (68%) believe that superannuation will be an important issue in the lead up to the Federal election. That statistic would ...

Insurance cover through super overlooked: survey

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2013
... insured as most will have some level of cover through their superannuation fund. "I believe the actual proportion of Australians who hold some sort of life space insurance is much higher, especially for the baby boomers," Minto said. "This suggests that ...

Elana Rubin retires from AustralianSuper board

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2013
AustralianSuper chair Elana Rubin announced her retirement from the fund's board, effective April 5. Heather Ridout will take over as chair when Rubin's term finishes. Ridout has been a director at AustralianSuper since 2007, is currently a director ...