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Fees dominate super choice, RG97 falling short: ISA

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 SEP 2017
Consumers prioritise fees and net returns when selecting a superannuation fund, an Industry Super Australia survey reveals. The poll, conducted in conjunction with UMR Research and based on 1000 respondents, found fees to be an "extremely important" ...

Xenophon team introduce unpaid super Bill

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 11 SEP 2017
A Bill that's aligning super guarantee payments to the wage cycle, abolishing the monthly $450 threshold, and granting the Fair Work Ombudsman greater power to recoup unpaid super has been introduced in Parliament. Rebekha Sharkie, federal member for ...

Government cracks down on salary sacrifice loophole

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUL 2017
The Federal Government will take action to close a loophole that allowed employers to short-change employees who chose to make salary sacrifice contributions to their superannuation accounts. The move follows the release of a Superannuation Guarantee ...

ATO blamed for SG non-payment

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAY 2017
The Australian Tax Office's "inadequate" approach to policing superannuation guarantee payments has exacerbated the growing problem of non-compliance, a Senate committee report found. The ATO's reactive rather than proactive practices significantly ...

SG non-payment is an 'easy fix': ISA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAY 2017
Industry Super Australia is anticipating an "easy fix" for workers losing up to $300 million in superannuation drawdowns annually ahead of Senate inquiry findings into unpaid superannuation due to be released today. ISA estimates unpaid super costs ...

Bentham hires AMP Capital analyst

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 13 FEB 2017
Bentham Asset Management appointed a senior analyst specialising in bank capital securities. Linden Smith joins Bentham from AMP Capital, where he was a senior credit analyst in the firm's credit research team. In his role Smith was also the main port ...

Industry funds blame ATO for super underpayment

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2017
Industry superannuation funds are blaming inadequate compliance measures by the Australian Taxation Office for the chronic underpayment of super contributions by employers. At a Senate inquiry in Melbourne today, Industry Super Australia (ISA) stated ...

Aviva Investors appoints national account manager

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2016
Aviva Investors has appointed a financial planning business director to its Australian wealth management business. Karl Linder joins as national account manager for Australasia. Based in Melbourne, he will report to head of business development Brett ...

Risk reforms ignore key adviser concerns

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2015
Risk advisers expressed concern that the industry-led risk reforms package ignores the problem of vertical integration and client-driven policy churn. Synchron director Don Trapnell told Financial Standard that the reform improved on the initial Trowbridge ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2015
The market has opened weaker, dragged down by losses in the energy sector and a dismal Woolworths half yearly result. The supermarket giant downgraded its full year guidance following a 3.1% slide in first half profit. OptionsXpress market analyst Ben ...