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Industry bodies respond to Hockey's tax debate

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 30 MAR 2015
The Financial Services Council, Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia and Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees have responded to some of the questions raised in Treasurer Joe Hockey's Tax Discussion Paper. FSC chief executive Sally ...

Treasury opens discussion on tax reform

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 30 MAR 2015
Treasurer Joe Hockey has issued the Tax Discussion Paper, raising fundamental questions about the future of Australia's tax system. The paper will open a debate until the 2016 election and will ideally inform the tax policy ideas the Government will ...

Competition for annuities likely to remain low

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2015
Competition in the annuities market will increase, but is likely to remain low over the short term as Challenger dominates about 95% of the market, a Credit Suisse report found. Credit Suisse said that Challenger's natural competitors, banks and life ...

From the mouths of Feds

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2015
A small minus one day, a tiny loss the next and you'll be forgiven for barely noticing that the US stock market had been steadily losing ground all week. But add them all together and they equal something to email your momma about. All up, the S&P 500 ...

FSC announces life insurance award winners

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2015
The winners of the FSC's 2015 Life Insurance Awards have been announced. Speaking at the FSC Life Insurance Conference 2015, FSC chief executive Sally Loane congratulated NAB's Eleanor Hartmann (Young Achiever) and Sean McCormack (Leadership Award) ...

MyState names tech and operations general manager

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2015
Banking and wealth management group MyState has appointed a general manager, technology and operations. Paul Moss will join MyState on 13 May. He is currently director, information technology advisory in KPMG's Hobart office. Moss brings more than 20 ...

Defensive pension pots just won't last

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2015
Portfolio diversification and a greater allocation to growth assets are likely to help retirees make their superannuation last longer, according to modelling by the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) and State Street Global Advisors ...

ASIC penalties 'like being hit with a lettuce leaf': Murray

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2015
The penalties applied by the Australian Securities and Investment Commissions (ASIC) are so weak that they are like being hit with a lettuce leaf, Financial System Inquiry chair David Murray said. Speaking at a panel session at the ASIC summit, only ...

Getting SMSFs into infra not worth the effort

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2015
Convincing self-managed super funds (SMSFs) to invest in infrastructure is not worth the effort and the industry should be focusing on getting good projects out in the market, according to Infrastructure Partnerships Australia chief executive Brendan ...

Managers to battle for super pool offshore

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2015
Competition among fund managers for the ever growing pool of retirement funds is set to move away from Australia and into international markets. Tougher conditions locally and the limited capacity of the market to absorb the $1.9 trillion in superannuation ...