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Credit unions and super funds show same merger trends

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2011
... taking Westscheme to form a $40 billion powerhouse with 1.7 million members - or more than 1 in 10 of all working Australians. McGuirk said industry mergers do take time. His combined credit union had only just completed the major IT conversion which ...

WA director joins AustralianSuper board

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2011
AustralianSuper has improved its nationwide representation with the appointment of Simone McGurk, the first West Australian-based director on its trustee board. McGurk, who replaces the retiring Cath Bowtell, is a director of Westscheme, which is set ...

BT targets advisers with contribution tracker

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2011
... avoid excess penalties and take advantage of caps, as the deadline for 2011 declarations approaches. Around 60, 000 Australians were penalised for excess super contributions in 2010 and most are thought to have exceeded the limit inadvertently. Regardless ...

SG needed to save retirees: Shorten

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2011
... million baby boomers born between 1946 and 1965 are celebrating their 65th birthday this year. "There are over 4200 Australians who are over 100 years old," he said. "In the next two decades there will be tens of thousands of centenarians... the question ...

Capitalism killed Mars

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2011

Super fund signals future role in govt policy

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAR 2011
AustralianSuper marks another turning point in superannuation history when it created a new 'head of policy' role, yet another sign that the country's largest super fund is taking on a leadership role in an industry set to manage trillions of dollars ...

AustralianSuper names former Hastings director as head of infra

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAR 2011
AustralianSuper has created a new position for Jason Peasley, a former director at Hastings Fund Management. Peasley, who has more than 16 years of infrastructure investment experience, will join the superannuation giant as the Head of Infrastructure ...

A friend like Ben

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAR 2011
... first go higher, then disposable income falls and, finally, economic activity slows. But maybe all equity markets are Australians now. They've taken to our "she'll be right, mate" attitude gauging from the recovery in stock markets from New York to Rio ...

CareSuper offers online advice

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2011
... retirement and 'a plan for life'. At the start of the month the ATO hosted a roundtable aimed at engaging younger Australians and their super, with many funds reverting to online and social media as the best way to generate more interest.

Super on table for October tax review

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2011
... "We will continue with our super reforms to increase the super guarantee, deliver larger contribution caps for older Australians and deliver super concessions for the 3.5 million lower-income earners who get little or no concession on their compulsory ...