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Advisers warned to check pension start dates after new ruling

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 5 AUG 2013
Advisers have been warned to pay closer attention to pension start dates following a tax office ruling explaining when a superannuation income stream commences and when it ceases, and consequently when a superannuation income stream is payable and taxable. ...

Advice firms start to launch in post-FoFA regime

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2013
The financial services industry is starting to see the first advice firms launching after the start of the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) regulation and while the process is more rigorous now, newcomers have the advantage of being fully-compliant ...

Women without kids still at super disadvantage

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2013
... Cameron, used hypothetical examples to illustrate how the life course and work patterns of four different women - a nurse, a lawyer, a finance analyst and a retail worker - will likely impact on their superannuation earnings. "We found that these four ...

Former ANZ, UBS exec to head new Bennelong division

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2013
... following 12 years in senior executive roles with ANZ, UBS and JBWere after working as a corporate and funds management lawyer at Minter Ellison. During her career, Rowland has focused on the high net worth and ultra-high net worth segment holding various ...

Storm claim unfair and baseless: CBA

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2013
Commonwealth Bank (CBA) has strongly reacted to the news that Storm Financial victims' lawyer will start legal proceedings against the $136 million settlement that the bank reached with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) last ...

Storm lawyers take ASIC and CBA to court over settlement

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2013
Storm Financial litigator Levitt Robinson Solicitors have questioned the $136 million settlement reached by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) and Commonwealth Bank last year. Levitt Robinson has filed a case against both organisations ...

Super industry leaders weigh up Rudd's new cabinet

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2013
... 'assisting' financial services and superannuation, David Bradbury, as "quite outstanding," stressing his credentials as a lawyer. Vamos said the portfolio now has better resources to deal with the implementation of reforms such as Stronger Super and ...

Advisers face shrinking market as super funds merge

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2013
Financial advisers face a shrinking market and increased competition as the government's StrongerSuper reforms force smaller superannuation funds to merge, according to Jenny Wilcocks, a partner at law firm Holding Redlich. "The government's agenda ...

Trustees warned about unintentional SMSF contributions

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2013
Self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) trustees have been warned that unintentional or mistimed contributions could get them in hot water with the Australian Taxation Office (ATO). "Even the most carefully constructed contribution strategy can fail ...

Who will fill the SMSF education gap?

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2013
The expansion of the self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) market is posing new challenges in the education of financial advisers, according to Liz Ward, education manager at the SMSF Professionals Association of Australia (SPAA). Ward said more and ...