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Product dashboards critical to MySuper

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2013
... data processed through other channels. Haynes also told the audience that there are still unresolved issues in the MySuper debate that can have "immediate operation impacts and longer term structural consequences." Portfolio holdings disclosure, SuperStream ...

Gary Clifford awarded Trustee of the Year at CMSF

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2013
... reminded them that boards of industry superannuation funds know what they need to do and do it seriously. "I hear a lot of debate about what the board should do and it is simple: superannuation is not [only] about national savings, this is part of it ...

CORRECTION: Unfair 2-and-20 fees cast shadow over future of VCs

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2013
Venture capital and private equity fund managers face the prospect of missing out on high-scale superannuation asset allocation mandates if the sector continues to charge "outperformance" fees despite non-performance. In the world of superannuation ...

Wall Street up till it was down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2013
... "sequestration". It received only a passing mention among my fave news sources. Reuters: "Investors were keeping an eye on the debate in Washington over U.S. government budget cuts that will take effect starting Friday if lawmakers fail to reach agreement ...

Fed sorted easy, now for the ceiling

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2013
Huh? Was that it? Was that the correction we had to have? To borrow from Neil Young, "My my, hey hey," seems like rock n' roll is here to stay 'ey? You know what I mean. It's the S&P 500's big back-to-back corrections on Wednesday (down 1.2%) and Thursday ...

Puke on the punchbowl

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 FEB 2013
... 500 index dropped by 1.24% overnight as "as investors weighed minutes from the Federal Reserve's last meeting showing a debate over the risks and benefits of further stimulus action" (Bloomberg). Don't bother looking at other news sources -- they're ...

Credit unions mount 'social' battle against banks

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 19 FEB 2013
... Petschler said. "[Our] Balance Banking campaign will lobby for change to address the imbalance in banking, through a national debate and the independent review," she said in a press statement. According to the D&M survey, at least 71% of Australian voters ...

Don't meddle with super industry bodies warn Govt

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2013
... develop "a strong, collective voice to retain superannuation as the main savings vehicle for Australians in retirement." "The debate has moved from assisting people to be self sufficient in retirement and what's required to achieve that, to being a consideration ...

Politicians move 'super' goal posts at their peril

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 12 FEB 2013
Recent political and Treasury debate about changes to superannuation should not put doubts into people's minds about its attractiveness as an tax structure within which to invest for their retirement, according to Michael Hutton, head of wealth management ...

Super tax concessions not overly generous: Mercer

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2013
Against the backdrop of intense political debate, Mercer has released research which it states proves Australians do not receive unfair tax advantages through superannuation. Today Mercer said that its research "defused" the hotly debated idea that ...