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Merging super funds guaranteed tax relief

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2020
Superannuation funds are set to permanently avoid negative tax outcomes upon merging, after an amendment bill sailed through parliament yesterday. While the FASEA extension stalled yesterday, the parliament successfully shepherded the government's Treasury ...

ISA questioned over political donations

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2020
Industry Super Australia chief executive Bernie Dean was caught unaware of a $1600 donation made to the Labor party last year after claiming the lobby group does not make political donations. During an urgent hearing of the House of Representatives ...

Law firm bolsters financial services team

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2020
... regulatory practice in Australia, which include the appointments of regulatory expert Lesley Symons last month, superannuation specialist Ruth Stringer in September 2019 and banking doyen Joe Longo in July 2019.

Super fund pays it forward

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2020
A superannuation fund is passing its government stimulus on to members who have been forced to withdraw from their accounts under the early release scheme. Future Super has decided it will pass on its government stimulus to members whose account balances ...

Few funds immune to ERS

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2020
... encompassed applications across different BT products including BT Super for Life and BT Super. BT general manager of superannuation Melinda Howes said with 810,000 members and $69 billion in FUM making Retirement Wrap the ninth biggest fund in the country ...

Super must come together over cybercrime

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2020
The oversight body of the Superannuation Transaction Network is calling on super funds to work together to thwart the threat of cybercrime. Addressing the Association of Super Funds of Australia, GNGB executive officer Michelle Bower has urged the super ...

HESTA awards investment data mandate

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2020
... pressure and an industry-wide drive for automation and efficiency we are seeing a significant rise in the number of superannuation and investment funds looking for a full data management platform as a service, fit to support their growth and maturity," ...

ME Bank pays industry funds no dividends

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2020
... ME Bank chief executive James McPhee. At issue was whether the bank has ever paid dividends to the 26 industry superannuation funds that own the bank (including AustralianSuper, Hostplus and UniSuper). "If you've got a sole purpose test that money ...

Adviser guilty of misuse of client money

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2020
... after an ASIC investigation revealed he had accessed and transferred around $1.1 million from his clients' superannuation, pension and personal savings accounts. It was further alleged that Dick used his clients' savings to fund his personal ...

Mudslinging over FASEA extension continues

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2020
... According to Jones, Labor confirmed its "longstanding" commitment to support the bill to Assistant Minister for Superannuation, Financial Services and Financial Technology Senator Jane Hume on Monday night, and said it would be "regrettable" if the Senator ...